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Former President John Mahama and other aspiring National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidates are to be vetted on Tuesday, March 28.
According to the party, processes have commenced for the exercise.
The Chairman of the elections committee of the party, Kakra Essamuah revealed this at a press conference on Thursday.
He added that the committee will thoroughly vet the aspirants on their qualifications for the position, ideologies and vision for the party.
“I think this has been a wonderful experience. They came to file their nominations, and you can see that it was an exciting ceremony.
"The next step is the vetting; the presidential will take place on Tuesday and the parliamentary vetting, will be the next two weeks probably the first week of April. We are working towards that,” he said.
All four aspirants, former President John Dramani Mahama, former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor, a former Kumasi Mayor, Kojo Bonsu and businessman Ernest Kwaku Kobeah have successfully filed their nominations.
The party has thus ended the filing of nominations for all flagbearer aspirants hopefuls.
Meanwhile, after the vetting, the aspirants may or may not vote for their positions on the ballot paper.
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