The winner of the upcoming Presidential Primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) slated for Saturday, 4th November, 2023 will be announced at the forecourt of the Accra Sports Stadium.
The announcement will be made after the official declaration of results by the Electoral Commission.
This was revealed by the National Organiser of the party, Henry Nana Boakye in a post on his Facebook page.
He explained that the National Chairman, Stephen Ayesu Ntim, the General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong supported by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the entire party leadership shall in one accord officially outdoor the newly elected Presidential Candidate.
Ahead of the upcoming polls, a new survey by a UK-based research organisation, Centre for Sustainable African Development Initiatives (C-SADI), has predicted more than 80% win for Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
The research, which was conducted jointly with a Ghanaian-based organisation, The Outcomes International, indicates that Dr. Bawumia will sweep the presidential primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) by 80.8% come November 4, 2023.
His main competitor, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, is expected to secure a partly 10.4% of the votes, while Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto will get 1.1% and Francis Addai-Nimoh will bag 0.4% of the votes.
Meanwhile, the Presidential Elections Committee of the NPP released the guidelines for the election that will take place in all the 276 constituencies across the country and the Party Headquarters, Asylum Down, Accra.
In a statement, the committee said the guidelines outlined the procedures and rules for the primaries that would elect a presidential candidate for the 2024 general election.
“The Electoral Commission (EC) shall supervise the conduct of the elections and shall have the full responsibility of ensuring a transparent, free and fair election. No persons, whether party officials or otherwise whatsoever shall act in contravention to the EC and these guidelines.”
The Committee added that “the security activities rest exclusively with the police and access beyond security perimeters is restricted to Delegates, Presidential Elections Committee Members, Contestants and their accredited agents. The Presidential Elections Committee of the Party is the entity with the Constitutional mandate from National Council to oversee the organization and conduct of the election for the Presidential Candidate,” the committee stated.
The committee also said that there shall be no campaign, canvassing for votes or gathering of party people for any purpose whatsoever a day before voting, adding that there shall be no camping of delegates, accreditation is constituency specific and that the media will be granted accreditation.
“Voters are expected to “walk-in” freely by themselves. The physically challenged may be assisted. A voter must wait to be cleared before entering the perimeter- Queue Control. No voter shall wear the colour or effigy of a contestant at the voting centre (i.e. T-shirts, caps, posters of contestants). Delegates shall not be allowed to enter the voting screen or booth in groups or pairs.”
“Voting shall not take place indoors but in an open place in the full glare of the public. It is an offence for unaccredited persons to enter the voting perimeter. A delegate who has already cast his/her vote shall not be re-admitted into the voting perimeter. Any person found directing a delegate on which contestant to vote for commits an offence and shall be removed by the police,” the committee stated.
-BY Daniel Bampoe