The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Presidential Elections Committee has announced that the presidential primaries scheduled for November 4th will take place in the party’s constituencies throughout the country.
Professor Michael Oquaye, who chairs the Committee, stated that each constituency will have a designated polling center for the elections.
With over 200,000 NPP delegates set to participate, the November 4th election aims to select the party’s Presidential Candidate for the 2024 election. Professor Michael Oquaye offered assurance that the elections will be conducted in a free and equitable manner.
“The Electoral Commission will also be fully in charge of the process, in fact, it’s going to be like any other national election. Every constituency, there will be a centre in it and for that matter, the EC will go about the process of conducting the elections. What this means in effect is that no authority, no person, whether by way of a party person will be part of the process of conducting the elections,” Professor Michael Oquaye said.
On September 22, the Presidential Elections Committee of the party unveiled the guidelines for the upcoming November 4 primaries. These primaries are set to occur in all 276 constituencies across the nation, as well as at the Party Headquarters in Asylum Down, Accra.
In a statement released in Accra, the committee detailed the procedures and regulations governing the primaries, which will determine the party’s presidential candidate for the 2024 general election.
Four individuals are contending for the presidential candidacy, including Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, former MP for Mampong Francis Addai-Nimoh, and former Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie.