By Francis Kobena Tandoh
Nominations for potential presidential aspirants to file to contest the upcoming primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) officially close today, Thursday, August 28, 2025, according to the party’s timelines released recently.
This is the final day that potential aspirants who wish to lead the party in the next general election can file their nomination to enter the race for the sole flagbearer ticket.
The main opposition party opened nominations for aspiring candidates to pick their nominations on July 29, and since then some notable persons, including former General Secretary Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, former Assin Central Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong, and former Food and Agriculture Minister Dr. Bryan Acheampong, have picked and submitted their nomination forms.
Former Vice President and presidential candidate in the 2024 general election Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and former Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, who have picked up their nomination forms, are set to file by close of day Thursday, August 28.
NPP stalwart Ing. Francis Addai-Nimoh on Wednesday announced he will not be contesting the party’s presidential primaries, citing four reasons, including what he describes as “inappropriate timing for the conduct of the presidential primary and the top-down approach adopted by the party to conduct internal elections.”
The rest are the seeming inclination and bias of party executives towards one candidate and the monetization of the nomination and filing fees charged by the party.
After the close of nomination, the party will then commence vetting of all aspirants between September 15 and 22, 2025, after which a vetting report will be submitted to the leadership of the party on September 29 this year.
In order to address unforeseen disagreements/disputes that may arise out of the internal election, the party has set an appeals period between September 30 and October 3, after which there will be a National Executive Council (NEC) or National Council (NC) meeting on October 7.
The final list of aspirants will be announced and published by the party on October 8, after which a notice of poll will be issued on October 17.
The NPP will then hold a presidential primary to elect its flagbearer on January 31, 2026, and make room for a potential runoff of the primary on February 14, 2026. End item
Source: Ghana Eye Report
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