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President John Mahama has called on voters in the Talensi constituency of the Upper East Region to vote for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Tuesday’s by-election.


Addressing teeming supporters of the NDC at the Saint Theresa's Catholic Park at Tongo as he campaigned for the NDC's parliamentary candidate, Mr Benson Tongo (BT) Baba, President Mahama was optimistic that victory in 2016 would be so overwhelming for the party that "the New Patriotic Party(NPP) would not go to court again to contest the results".

Pledging to bring accelerated development to Talensi in line with the NDC’s ‘Better Ghana Agenda’, the President said Mr Baba was the best man for the job, joking that the ‘BT’ in his name could also stand for ‘Better Talensi’ Baba.

President Mahama, said the NDC was "expecting 20,000 votes from the electorate”, after correcting mistakes which he said caused the New Patriotic Party (NPP)  to win the seat in 2012.

"Development is our flagship and we will work with B.T. Baba, a retired Deputy Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service who is internationally known, to bring accelerated development to the area," he said.

“Talensi is the thermometer and barometer we are using to send a strong signal to the other parties that come 2016 the NDC will win the general election convincingly, “he added.