Flagbearer aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will on Friday, October 10, 2025, ballot for their positions on the ballot paper ahead of the party’s presidential primary scheduled for January 31, 2026.
The National Elections Committee is expected to meet the five aspirants or their representatives at the party’s headquarters in Accra to conduct the exercise.
Deputy General Secretary of the NPP, Haruna Mohammed, on Thursday, October 9, 2025, said the balloting would be held for all aspirants who have fulfilled the party’s requirements.
“All candidates who have met the guidelines, as issued on July 29, and complied with them, will be balloting today. Nobody is going to be excused from any specific guideline of the party,” Mr. Mohammed stated.
He emphasised that the procedures were in accordance with the party’s constitution and must be respected by all contestants.
“These guidelines are grounded in the constitution, and every member who wants to lead the party into the 2028 elections must abide by it,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Communications Director of Kwabena Agyepong’s campaign team, Paul Abdul Rahman Issah Dowuona, has reaffirmed that Mr. Agyepong remains firmly in the race despite recent controversy surrounding the GH₵4 million development fee.
“The issue regarding this GH₵4 million payment — he has made it clear that, in principle, he is against it. The party has made its point, and they are saying that they have to pay that amount,” Mr. Dowuona explained.
He said Mr. Agyepong had expressed his stance on the matter during his vetting, noting that while he opposed the fee as a prerequisite for contesting, he remained willing to support the party’s development in other ways.
“At vetting, he was asked, and he made his position clear, and even at the vetting, he committed that if it were about a development fee, he would contribute substantially to the development of the party when the need arises. His issue has always been that it shouldn’t be a prerequisite for contesting the flagbearership of the party,” he said.
Presently, five aspirants have declared their intentions to contest to become NPP’s flagbearer to contest for the highest seat in 2028. They include Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Kennedy Agyapong, Dr Bryan Acheampong, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, and Kwabena Agyepong.
The outcome of the balloting will determine the order in which the five NPP flagbearer hopefuls will appear on the ballot paper for the upcoming election.