Director of Elections for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Evans Nimako, has revealed that close to 10,000 new delegates will be added to the party’s nationwide voter album following the completion of the voter verification and validation exercise ahead of the presidential primaries slated for Saturday, January 31, 2026.
Speaking on Eyewitness News on Thursday, November 6, Mr. Nimako explained that the updated album has been expanded to include former constituency and regional executives as well as parliamentary candidates who have represented the party since 1996.
“Invitations were extended to former constituency executives, former regional executives, parliamentary candidates since 1996, and those who have served the party as DCEs, MMDCEs when we were in government, have all been invited on board. That number is likely to hit about 10,000, and that would be added to the existing register of close to 200,000,” he said.
He noted that the registration exercise, which involves agents representing all presidential aspirants, has so far proceeded smoothly without any challenges.
“We are putting together this register with the inclusion of presidential candidate agents, and every step has been very transparent,” Mr. Nimako added.
The NPP’s presidential election on January 31 is expected to be keenly contested by five aspirants — former Assin Central MP, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong; former Food and Agriculture Minister, Dr. Bryan Acheampong; former Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia; former Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum; and Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, former Press Secretary to former President John Agyekum Kufuor.