After weeks of intensive campaigning, the three candidates vying to lead the\u00a0New Patriotic Party (NPP) – Nana Akufo-Addo, Alan Kyeremanten and Francis Addai-Nimoh will know their fate today.<\/p>\n
over 140,000 party delegates will head to the polls today to\u00a0elect a flagbearer who will lead the party into the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n
In all, seven candidates picked up nomination forms to contest the flagbearership position but the number was pruned down to five in a Super Delegates Congress<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0as stipulated in the party’s constitution.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”vubezMohVqgBnL6EuzxCMCPunOj6EmGy”]After the Super Delegates’ Congress on August 31, the following candidates made it into the shortlisted five<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Nana Akufo-Addo (81.28%), Alan Kyerematen (8.01%), Francis Addai Nimoh<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> (2.85%), Joe Ghartey (2.85%) and Kofi Osei Ameyaw (1.90).<\/p>\n The remaining two, Stephen Asamoah Boateng and Kofi Konadu Apraku were eliminated from the contest for\u00a0obtaining 1.76 percent and 1.36 percent of the total valid votes cast respectively.<\/p>\n Shortly after, two of the candidates who made into the shortlisted five – Joe Ghartey<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> and Kofi Osei Ameyaw<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0bowed out of the race leaving Akufo-Addo, Kyeremanten and Addai-Nimoh.<\/p>\n There were serveral calls for Kyeremanten and Addai-Nimoh to also step down to allow the two-time presidential candidate of the NPP, Nana Addo to run unopposed.<\/p>\n But the two refused to back down and after weeks of intense campaigning, the three rounded things up on Thursday, October, 16, 2014.<\/p>\n