The Ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it will decide the exact day and date to organize its primaries to elect its flagbearer for the 2024 elections on January 31, 2023.
The NPP General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, who stated this on Kumasi-based Hello FM, mentioned that, “On January 31, 2023, the NPP Steering Committee and the National Executive Council (NEC) will meet and they would decide the dates for the two important party polls.”
According to him, some party masters have also suggested that both the presidential and parliamentary elections of the NPP ought to be held simultaneously to help save cost.
Justin Kodua disclosed that those party masters that are yearning for the two polls to be held simultaneously, also argued that it would help ensure party peace and unity.
“In any case, the party is yet to take a concrete decision on the day and dates for the two elections. We shall know the dates on January 31, 2023,” he said.
Justin Kodua, who is currently in the Ashanti Region, the party’s stronghold, to discuss pressing party issues, said the party leadership would do what is best for the NPP.
The NPP General Secretary stated emphatically that his administration would attempt to ensure that both the presidential and parliamentary polls are free and fair.
“As the General Secretary of this great party, I promise to ensure a free and fair internal poll to elect our next presidential candidate and parliamentary candidates.
“Take this from me, I will not take sides in these two crucial elections,” Justin Kodua assured and stressed that the party is poised and determined to retain power in 2024.
He said ensuring free and fair elections to elect the NPP flagbearer and parliamentary candidates, would go a long way to ensure party unity and peace, ahead of the 2024 polls.
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The President Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration, he said, has done a yeoman’s occupation for the country since assuming power, adding that the NPP would retain power in 2024.