Ahead of the special delegates congress to streamline the number of aspirants for the flagbearer position of the NPP, slated for August 2023, all but the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, called for a centralised voting process. But during an interview with Kofi TV, the former General Secretary of the NPP, Kwabena Agyepong, explained that he sent the vice president a text message about the decision. “When doing this, we did not leave the vice president out of it. I personally sent him a text message on the day we were doing this, asking him what his thoughts were on the decision. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has scheduled November 2023 to elect its presidential aspirant for the 2024 general elections.