The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it is fully prepared to conduct its presidential primaries scheduled for January 31, 2026, assuring party members and the general public of a transparent, credible and well-secured electoral process.
A total of 211,849 delegates are expected to cast their votes at 333 polling centres spread across the party’s 276 constituencies nationwide.
Voting is scheduled to begin at 7:00 a.m. and close at 2:00 p.m.
The Chairperson of the NPP Presidential Elections Committee, Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, said all logistical, administrative and security arrangements had been finalised, adding that the Electoral Commission (EC) would oversee and conduct the entire process.
Mr Osei-Owusu explained that the party worked closely with the EC to determine appropriate voting centres.
While most constituencies would have a single polling centre, additional centres were created in areas where the number of delegates exceeded 1,000.
This arrangement, he said, resulted in a total of 333 polling centres, including one located at the party’s national headquarters in Accra.
He disclosed that two initially proposed voting centres were relocated following joint assessments by the EC and constituency executives.
The changes, he noted, were unanimously endorsed by all five presidential aspirants.
“At every stage, we involved the contestants themselves. We shared the lists, addressed concerns raised and resolved them collectively,” Mr Osei-Owusu stated.
Touching on the delegate register, he said issues arising from validation exercises, petitions and corrections were handled in a transparent manner, with representatives of all aspirants actively participating throughout the process. From an initial list of 213,617 names, 2,827 deceased members and 653 individuals who had forfeited their party membership were removed, leaving 211,849 eligible delegates.
He added that representatives of the aspirants were at the party’s IT centre verifying and endorsing the final register ahead of printing.
Mr Osei-Owusu further announced that the NPP had formally handed over the processes of voting, counting, collation and declaration of results to the EC.
Results will first be declared at polling centres, collated at regional centres and finally announced at the party’s headquarters in Accra, where the eventual winner will be officially presented to the public.
On security arrangements, he said the Ghana Police Service would deploy between 70 and 150 officers to each polling centre, with military support in selected areas, particularly in parts of the Upper East Region.
He also revealed that proxy voting has been abolished for the primaries as part of measures to protect the integrity and credibility of the exercise.
The five aspirants contesting the January 31 presidential primaries are Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, Dr Bryan Acheampong and Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum.
Mr Osei-Owusu expressed confidence that the outcome of the process would be accepted by all contestants.
