The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is today, Saturday, January 31, holding its presidential primaries to elect a flagbearer for the 2028 general elections.
Voting is underway nationwide, with more than 211,000 accredited delegates expected to take part in what party officials describe as one of the largest and most consequential internal elections in the party’s history.
Polling is taking place across all 16 regions, at the party’s national headquarters and at selected diaspora voting centres, under strict electoral guidelines and tight security.
The exercise follows months of intensive campaigning, policy engagements and regional tours by the aspirants, and is widely seen as a critical test of the party’s internal cohesion and readiness for the next electoral cycle.
Five aspirants are contesting the race: former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia; former Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Bryan Acheampong; former former Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum; former NPP General Secretary, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong; and businessman Kennedy Ohene Agyapong.
Party leadership has urged delegates and supporters to uphold the party’s core values of discipline, unity and peaceful competition, warning against the use of private security, vigilantes or any actions that could undermine the credibility of the process.
The electorate comprises 211,849 delegates drawn from constituency, regional and national party structures, party elders and recognised external branches, following adjustments to the register to reflect deceased members and forfeitures.
Greater Accra and Ashanti regions constitute the largest voting blocs, followed by the Eastern, Central and Western regions, with observers noting their potential influence on the outcome.
Voting is expected to close later today, after which ballots will be counted at the various polling centres before results are transmitted to the party’s national collation centre.
The eventual winner will face the task of uniting the party, healing internal divisions and articulating a compelling national vision ahead of the 2028 general elections.
Meanwhile, personnel from the Ghana Police Service have been deployed to all polling centres nationwide to maintain law and order, while the Electoral Commission oversees the process in collaboration with party agents and selected civil society observers.
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