Former Kumbungu Member of Parliament, Ras Mubarak, has called on delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to prioritize experience over an experiment in the party's May 13 Presidential and Parliamentary primaries.

In an interview in Tema, Mr Mubarak urged delegates “to choose competent people over people who also want to be MPs and President for the sake of being MPs and presidents. Delegates will have to choose patriots who have an interest in the national agenda.”

Mr Mubarak, who is also contesting for the Kumbungu seat, described the NDC's primaries as “a make-or-break election.”

“The NDC's delegates across the country who will be voting on May 13 will give Ghanaians an inkling into the kind of players we will assemble in Parliament and government in 2025 if we win the national elections,” he said.

Mr Mubarak further noted that anything other than a 95 per cent endorsement of former President John Dramani Mahama as Presidential Candidate would make the party lose confidence in the eyes of undecided voters who were looking up to the NDC to save the country.

“The primaries would be an indicator of how serious we are about the 2024 general election. It's therefore imperative to reflect and choose wisely.”

The former MP emphasized that delegates had a duty to elect only popular candidates whose candidature would excite the base of the NDC and floating voters alike.

“John Mahama as Flagbearer and Ras Mubarak as Parliamentary Candidate and other equally competent candidates across the country would result in an astronomical increase in votes for the NDC in both the presidential and parliamentary elections,” he said.