NPP parliamentary aspirants to pay GH¢5,000 for declaration of intent

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will open its online portal from November 1 to 10, 2026, for members seeking to contest the party’s parliamentary primaries ahead of the 2028 general elections to formally declare their interest at a fee of GH¢5,000.

The party’s General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, announced the arrangement during a press briefing on Thursday, October 29, 2026, describing it as the first stage of a revised process for selecting parliamentary candidates.

Under the new procedure, prospective aspirants will be required to access the party’s online portal, choose their preferred constituency and submit an application alongside the GH¢5,000 payment.

Mr Kodua Frimpong explained that the initiative was designed to ensure that those seeking to represent the party in Parliament undergo the necessary training and capacity-building programmes to prepare them for the demands of the role.

“This time around, the party has decided to come out with a new process in selecting our parliamentary candidates. In kick-starting our parliamentary selection processes, the party has introduced what we refer to as expressing or declaration of interest or intent by prospective parliamentary aspirants.

“What this simply means is that the party will, from 1st November to 10th November, open our portal for any interested person who wants to be nominated to stand on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party to declare his or her interest through our portal.

“The party is just asking you to declare your intention by going to our portal to apply. After you've made the application, it comes with a fee of GH¢5,000,” he said.

The General Secretary further indicated that the party’s existing directive prohibiting campaign activities by prospective parliamentary candidates, their agents and supporters remained in force.

He stressed that the declaration of interest should not be interpreted as the formal opening of nominations, but rather as an initial step towards the eventual selection of parliamentary candidates.

“We have still not opened nominations, and we have still not asked people to go around to campaign. This is just a first step towards the process of opening nominations. The party is just asking you to declare your intention by going to our portal to apply,” he said.