The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), President John Dramani Mahama, has appointed a former Deputy General Secretary of the party, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah as his Campaign Coordinator for the 2012 Presidential election.

This was contained in a statement from the campaign office of the NDC flagbearer.

Mr Afriyie Ankrah who is currently the Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, will take charge for the campaign which is expected to be a tough contest.

The statement further named Hon. Hanna Tetteh, Minister for Trade and Industry, as Director of Campaign Communications.

Mr. Afriyie-Ankrah, will be assisted by Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, deputy minister for youth and sports as deputy campaign coordinator.

The statement noted that General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, will chair the John Mahama 2012 Campaign Team.