The National Chairman of the (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has mentioned that John Dramani Mahama, the party's flagbearer, will not engage in a presidential debate with , stating that it will be a completely worthless exercise. Asiedu Nketiah clarified that the NDC's decision is based on the principle of not debating someone who they view as lacking credibility; he said this on Joy News' PM Express. "If you have watched me throughout my political life, there are two people I don't debate. My guiding principles are two: don't debate an idiot, and don't debate a liar. So, any of these two who tempt me for any debate, I ignore them," myjoyonline.com quoted him to have said. He further explained that "I am not saying the two must fit one person, but when you look at the two categorisations, you see that he [Dr.