NPP to hold run-off for Agyarko, Addai-Nimoh on Sept. 2

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has scheduled a runoff between former Mampong MP Francis Addai-Nimoh and former Energy Minister Boakye Kyeremanteng Agyarko for Saturday, September 2.

Both candidates received nine ballots at Saturday, August 26's Super Delegates Conference, tying them for fifth place.

The party sought to elect five of ten candidates in the November 4 presidential primaries.

However, Mr. Addai-Nimoh and Mr. Agyarko could not be distinguished by the votes accumulated after Saturday's exercise.

Therefore, one candidate must be isolated from the other four in order to participate in the November primaries.

Rev. Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, chairman of the NPP's Elections Committee, stated, "In any case, we crafted all of our regulations by considering all relevant possibilities."

Therefore, this is nothing novel.

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, and Dr. Afriyie Owusu Akoto are the four candidates who have advanced to the next stage of the flagbearer selection process.