Isaac Boamah-Nyarko
All five flagbearer aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), will on Thursday, January 22, sign a peace pact aimed at fostering unity among them as well as ensuring peaceful primaries.
Member of Parliament (MP) for Effia Constituency and a member of the NPP’s Presidential Election Committee, Isaac Yaw Boamah-Nyarko, who disclosed this to Asaase Radio, said former presidents and representatives of the National Peace Council will also be part of the signing ceremony.
He said, “On Thursday, we are going to sign the peace pact. All the aspirants, together with our former presidents and the Peace Council, will sign a peace pact that commits them to the outcome of the election. The peace pact is to make it clear that whether you win or lose, you owe it to the party to pull everybody along.”
According to him, the initiative will help prevent tensions that may arise from factions as well as issues of security that could affect the election process, adding that the Ghana Police Service will oversee the election and, therefore, warned that whoever makes an attempt to disrupt the election will be dealt with.
Mr. Boamah-Nyarko further urged aspirants to focus on their ideas and track records, rather than personal attacks, noting that unity after the election is vital to strengthen the party’s chances against the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2028 election.
“This party has survived worse moments, we need to maintain unity, restore public confidence and position the NPP for a return to power,” he added.
Chairman of the Presidential Elections Committee, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has since beginning of the flagbearer campaign also warned aspirants to refrain from using abusive language against each other, to help foster unity in the lead-up to the election on Saturday, January 31, 2026.
The NPP, in a statement issued on October 9, 2025, by the National Council of Elders, announced that the party also set up a committee to oversee the conduct of the presidential campaign, monitoring comments among others and report any offensive, divisive, or inflammatory remarks made by candidates or their representatives.
In less than two weeks, the NPP will go to the polls to elect its flagbearer for the 2028 election, as all aspirants have completed their tour of all 276 constituencies across the country.
The five aspirants who will contest for the party’s presidential primaries are former Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia; former Minister for Education and Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum; former General Secretary of the NPP, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong; former Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong; and former Minister for Agriculture, Dr. Bryan Acheampong.
The NPP has announced that a total of 214,812 delegates are expected to vote without any provision for proxy voting, despite calls from some section of the party to review the decision.
By Ebenezer K. Amponsah