Kennedy Ohene Agyapong voted at the Assin Central constituency of the Central Region in the NPP presidential primary.
He is in the flagbearer race as one of the keen contestants with Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
‘I expect a fair context’ – Kennedy Agyapong
Shirley Asiedu Addo reports that Mr Kennedy Agyapong, one of the aspirants, moments after he cast his ballot at the Centenary polling station in the Assin Central constituency of the Central region, said he expects a fair contest.
In an interview with the media, Mr Agyapong said he expected a violence-free and fair contest.
“I don’t think there will be a repetition of what happened in 2023. We hope it doesn’t happen. And we have all done our job well to prevent rigging and everything, so I expect a fair context,” he stated.
He indicated that the party had done a lot to ensure a smooth election.
“I don’t expect any violence if you look at the number of police here and everything. We are praying.”
He further stated that he was hopeful the winner of the contest would be able to bring the party together to go into the 2028 elections.
Anything short of that will call for a run-off between the two leading candidates in 14 days.
The Deputy Director of Research, Monitoring and Evaluation of the Electoral Commission (EC), Fred Tetteh, told the Daily Graphic that this was in accordance with the party’s presidential primary rules.
“Results will be declared at the NPP headquarters. An outright winner must secure more than 50 per cent of valid votes cast,” he said.
Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong; former Minister of Food and Agriculture and MP for Abetifi, Dr Bryan Acheampong; former Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia; former Minister of Education and MP for Bosomtwi, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, and former General Secretary of the party, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, are seeking the endorsement of 211,849 party delegates in today’s presidential primary, which will be run without biometric verification devices.
Instead, the party will make two voter registers available to verifiable delegates and eligible voters, with no opportunity for proxy voting.
Delegates on the electoral roll will cast their ballots at 333 polling centres in 276 constituencies nationwide. This includes the centre at the party headquarters in Accra, with the polls scheduled to open at 7 a.m. and close at 2 p.m.
Mr Tetteh said all logistics and materials, including ballot papers, electoral roll (album), ballot boxes, voting screens, indelible ink and other necessary materials, needed for the election had been sent to the regions and district offices.
Collation of results
He said district officers and their staff, including assistant electoral officers and secretaries, would manage all the 333 polling stations, adding that each centre would have a queue controller with an album.