Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has announced his desire to contest the New Patriotic Party's flag-bearer slot and has challenged delegates to consider issues and competence in making a choice. Speaking to Joy News, the renowned surgeon and head of the National Cadiothoracic Centre said delegates must now consider the deteriorating state of national development and make a wise choice. He was among a rather tall list of 17 aspirants who contested the party’s flag-bearer primaries in 2007, won eventually by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Far from giving up his dream of becoming the president, the soft spoken heart surgeon believes his deeds over the years put him in a better stead to win the party's flag-bearer slot. He called for attitudinal change among delegates and asked them to concentrate on issues that have a bearing on their survival. His announcement brings to six the number of candidates who have expressed interest in the position. Former vice-president Alhaji Aliu Mahama, former Chief Executive Officer of the defunct Ghana@50 Secretariat Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby, MP for Subin Isaac Osei and the two front runners Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen and Nana Akufo-Addo. Meanwhile Isaac Osei, the Subin MP who believes that the party needs a new face that cuts across the political divide, says he represents a broad coalition of forces in the NPP and is the right person to bring the party back to power. Play the attached audio for excerpts of the interviews Story by Nathan Gadugah/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana