General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Frimpong Kodua, has rejected claims that the party’s upcoming presidential primaries are being structured to favour Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia or any particular candidate.
This follows concerns surronding the NPP’s presidential primaries, which have been officially scheduled for January 31, 2026. The date was approved by the party’s National Council following recommendations from the Constitution Review Committee.
Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV’s The Point of View on Wednesday June 18, Kodua dismissed the notion as unfounded, stating, “I will be very surprised for anyone to think that an election that is yet to be conducted will favour a particular candidate.”
He defended the party’s internal election structure, noting that its electoral processes have remained consistent and democratic across the years.
“If you have monitored our electoral history even from 1992, 1996 to 2000, at every election — from national through to polling stations — about 70%, sometimes even 80%, of current executives retain their positions,” he explained.
Kodua emphasised that the sequence of internal elections, whether starting from the polling station level or national level, does not create an advantage for any aspirant.
“The fact that you may even start from polling station to national or national to polling station does not make it skewed towards a particular person. There are current executives who will still continue to be executives.”
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