The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East Region is ready to undertake its presidential primaries on Saturday, January 31, 2026 in fifteen centers with 8,684 delegates made up of polling station executives, electoral area coordinators, constituency and regional executives, former party executives, former MMDAs, party elders and other qualified delegates.
The Upper East Regional Secretary of NPP, Elvis Awonekai Figo Atiah together with other regional executives are busily making final arrangements and coordination at the regional party headquarters in Bolgatanga.
He has assured delegates of a smooth conduct of the election with strict adherence to election rules and regulations with fairness throughout the electoral processes.
The regional secretary also disclosed a collaboration with the security agencies in the region to ensure tight and safe security arrangements in the Eastern part of the region including Bawku central.
“Well, NPP regional secretariat, it’s all set for the elections on Saturday 31st January 2026. It has been a very tiring process, you know, we had to include additional delegates which were the former executives, former MMDAs among others. Subsequently, we decided to do validation.
“The national level directed that the team came from Accra, it was directed that we do validation of the album. We had all selected constituency executives, presidential candidates, reps as well as the regional team and national team. We validated the album, it came back again for another voting within the constituencies which was done.
“It underwent a robust process and I can tell you on Saturday, 8,684 delegates from the Upper East Region will be voting in 15 voting centers across the 15 constituencies. So basically, we are set, the electoral commission is prepared”, Mr. Figo Atiah outlined.
“Security will be very tight, especially the Eastern Zone of the region. The military will be tight as well as security and I can assure you that we are more than prepared. Well, when it comes to the accreditation, every delegate will be given an accreditation card, observers will be given, representatives of the presidential candidates will be given as well as media and then other people. The accreditation is not done by the Secretariat. This comes from the Presidential Elections Committee which is in Accra”, he added.
According to the regional secretary, the party is expected to get all accreditations by the close of Thursday.
On verification of delegates, Mr Elvis Awonekai Figo Atiah said “On Saturday, we expect delegates to have their ID cards. It could be the party ID and any of the national ID cards. Once your name is in the register, they will verify from your ID and then you’ll be allowed to vote. We actually do not expect any mishaps but of course, elections, anything can always happen but we are expecting a smooth process”.
The presidential primaries is slated for Saturday January 31, 2026 across the 276 Constituencies in Ghana.
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