The presidential nominee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), President John Mahama, has said the NDC will win nine more seats in addition to the four seats the party has in the Ashanti Region.

President Mahama, who is on a four-day tour of the stronghold of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), said the party  “will do everything to win” the projected target in addition to the 1 million votes target.

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“Someone will say Ashanti region is the stronghold of the NPP, but at this stage of our politics, voters in Ashanti will vote based on performance. I believe the amount of work we’ve done will reflect in the votes in the Ashanti region,” the NDC flagbearer said at Apagya in the New Edubiase constituency .

He added: “This is why we are targeting 1 million votes here. 1 million votes, we will get here in Ashanti region.”

Mahama declared: “As I speak, we have four constituencies in Ashanti region. We have done opinion polls and surveys. I can tell you that we can get nine more constituencies in addition. So this year, we are targeting 13 constituencies in Ashanti. By God’s grace, we will do everything to win these constituencies.”

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Sounding confident, the president the presidential election is a foregone conclusion, predicting a 54-57 percent victory.

"As for the Presidential, we are done. We’ve already won by the grace of God,” Mahama, who is seeking a second term in office, said Mahama.