The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has settled on 25 April 2020 as the date to hold its parliamentary primaries in all the 169 constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament.

Parliamentary candidates for the 2020 general elections will be elected through the primaries.

The party will equally hold its 2020 presidential primaries on the same day.

Ahead of these primaries, the party has cautioned prospective aspirants to desist from all forms of campaign activity until nominations are opened.

They risk disqualification should they flout the guidelines.

These decisions were taken by the party at a joint National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Council meeting held on Monday, 21 October 2019 at the Alisa Hotel in Accra.

The party will also hold parliamentary primaries in the remaining 'orphan constituencies' that were excluded from its nationwide primaries held on 28 September 2019 due to some outstanding matters which the party said have now been resolved.

The primaries for these outstanding constituencies will be held on Saturday, 26 October 2019.