Afoko files nomination for NPP National Chairmanship on August 25

Paul Afoko is former Chairman of the NPP Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairman Paul Awentami Afoko is expected at the party's Accra headquarters on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, to submit his completed nomination forms for the National Chairmanship race, a formal step that comes within the party's extended filing window rather than marking his entry into the contest.

Tuesday's filing is the next required step: submitting the completed paperwork before the deadline, which the NPP's National Officers Elections Committee pushed back from August 27 to August 29 after a wave of interest from aspirants across the party's national positions.

Tuesday's filing sets Afoko formally on the path through the rest of the NPP's national officer election calendar: vetting runs August 31 to September 3, results are due September 5, appeals will be heard September 6–7, and delegates are scheduled to vote on October 3, 2026.