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Balloting for the January 31, 2026, presidential primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been scheduled for Friday, October 10, 2025, at the party’s national headquarters at Asylum Down in Accra.
An invitation letter dated October 7, 2025, signed by the Secretary to the Presidential Elections Committee, William Yamoah and addressed to all five aspirants who have filed for the contest invited them to participate in the exercise, which will determine their positions on the ballot paper.
The five aspirants are Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Ken Ohene Agyapong, Dr. Bryan Acheampong and Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum.
In the invitation letter, they were all congratulated for successfully passing the vetting process and were urged to cooperate in upholding the party’s democratic principles.
As part of the qualification criteria for the NPP presidential primary, a filing fee of GH¢500,000 was required. Picking of the nomination forms was GH¢100,000.
In addition to that, aspirants were expected to pay a development fee of GH¢4million. All payments were expected via banker’s draft in favour of the NPP National Headquarters.
Per the rules of the presidential primary, and in line with the NPP constitution, dissatisfied aspirants can file an appeal in writing to the National Executive Committee through the General Secretary within 48 hours of receiving notice of any adverse findings.
The National Council of the party met on Tuesday [Oct 7] to consider the recommendations of the Presidential Vetting Committee.
The 10-member Presidential Vetting Committee, chaired by Dr Kwame Addo Kufuor, a former Defence Minister and a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia in the Ashanti Region, submitted its report to the General Secretary of the party, Justin Kodua Frimpong at the Tuesday meeting.
The vetting committee considered the party’s constitution, the rules and regulations for the conduct of the elections and Articles 63 and 94 of the 1992 Constitution in arriving at its recommendations.
