The National Democratic Congress (NDC) might go to the 2008 general elections with a lady as a running mate. The Chronicle newspaper reported that a surprise candidate, Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, wife of Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu has a greater chance to partner Professor John Evans Atta-Mills. Deep throat party sources, the Chronicle said, dis­closed that she cur­rently stands tallest among all other aspirants for the party's num­ber two slot though the lobbying for Hon. John Dramani Mahama, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bole-Bamboi cannot be down­played. Hon. Mahama, the paper said, may still be the only person to, in the most unlikely sit­uation, thwart the almost certain selection of Mrs. Mould-Iddrisu as Mills' running mate. Top members of the party at its Kokomlemle headquarters and other non-executive but influential figures are now split into two as far as the choice between the two is concerned, with each group lobby­ing strongly but with the pro­-Mould-Iddrisu group seen as the one likely to carry the day. The new development throws out names of key contenders like Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, wife of party founder and former President, Jerry Rawlings and Mrs. Christine Amoako Nuamah, former Minister in the NDC regime. Others are Hon. Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, Minority Leader in Parliament and Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, an influential Northern lawyer and running mate for Mills in the 2004 elections, who held the Kumbugu Parliamentary seat till the dissolu­tion of the third Parliament of the Fourth Republic. The 54-year-old Betty Mould-­Iddrisu holds a master of Law degree from the London School of Economics, a Bachelor of Law from the Ghana School of Law and an LLB from the University of Ghana. She currently works with the Legal and Constitutional affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat as the Chief Legal Advisor and in-house Counsel to the Commonwealth Secretary ­General and the Secretariat. Credit: The Chronicle