Barring any unforeseen challenges and last minutes changes, a total of 955 delegates, constituting a Special Electoral College, will, on Saturday August 26, 2023, converge at the various polling centres across the 16 regions and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Headquarters to select five candidates for the flagbearership race in November.
The August 26 Super Delegates Conference will reduce the number of aspirants down to five to make way for the presidential primary on November 4 to select a presidential candidate towards the 2024 General Elections.
The Special Delegates include seven ministers, 33 National Executives Committee, 38 Past National Executives and nine delegates from the Special Wing.
Eighty delegates will vote from the external branch of the party.
The Ashanti Region, which has a total of 118 delegates, including 42 Members of Parliament, has 8 proxy slots.
Delegates from other regions are Ahafo 30; Bono 38; Bono East 34; Central 54; Eastern 81; Greater Accra 72; North East 29; Northern 50; Oti 30 and Savanna 30.
The rest are Upper East 35; Upper West 32; Volta 41, Western 46 and Western North 33.
The delegates will choose five from Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, former Trade Minister, Mr. Kwadwo Poku, an energy expert, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President, Boakye Kyerematen Agyarko, former Energy Minister, Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, former General Secretary, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, Member of Parliament (MP ) for Assin Central, Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku, former Minister in the Kufuor administration, Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie, former Minister of Agriculture, Joe Ghartey, former Minister of Justice, and Francis Addai-Nimoh, former MP for Mampong, who have all been cleared by the NPP Vetting Committee to qualify for the Super Delegates Congress.
Meanwhile, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Elections Committee says it will deliver a free, fair and transparent election on Saturday, August 26.
The NPP says it has put in place adequate measures to ensure that the election is successful.
Professor Michael Oquaye, Chairman of the NPP Presidential Elections Committee, says the outcome of the election would be acceptable to all, due to the measures put in place to ensure the transparency of the polls.
