Former Member of Parliament for Mampong and 2024 NPP Presidential Primaries aspirants, Francis Addai-Nimoh, has announced his decision not to contest in the NPP presidential primaries scheduled for January 2026.
Ing Addai-Nimoh who has contested in previous NPP Presidential Primaries from 2010 to 2024 is not happy about the current happenings within the party.
In statement issued on Wednesday, August 27,2025 he said “following broad consultations, advice from my Team Members and careful reflections on the current circumstances of the Party, I have decided not to contest the NPP Presidential Primary scheduled for January 31, 2026.”
His decision, he said is founded on: “inappropriate political timing, January 31, 2026, for the conduct of the Presidential primary, the top-Down approach to internal Party contests, which has been severely criticized by many party stalwarts, including myself, as politically imprudent, the seeming inclination and bias of Party executives towards one candidate and the unreasonable and unhealthy monetization of our internal politics, as evident in the astronomical amount of Four Million and Six Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHS 4.6 million) being demanded from each aspirant.”
According to him, these factors undermines the foundations of the party’s internal democratic culture and place unethical emphasis on money rather than competence and winnability.
Addai Nimo further extended well wishes to the other aspirants in their campaigns.
By Benjamin Aidoo
