Former New Patriotic Party General Secretary John Boadu has emerged as the leading choice for National Chairman among NPP voters, according to a survey by Global InfoAnalytics released on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
The poll places Mr Boadu ahead of former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko and former NPP National Chairman Paul Afoko in what is developing into a competitive contest for the party’s top national executive position.
Yet with nearly half of respondents undecided, the race, alongside contests for General Secretary and National Organiser, remains far from settled.
Boadu Leads but Nearly Half of Voters Are Undecided
The survey found that 27 percent of NPP voters prefer John Boadu as National Chairman, compared with 15 percent for Boakye Agyarko and 10 percent for Paul Afoko.
Forty-seven percent of respondents expressed no opinion, meaning a substantial bloc of voters has yet to settle on a candidate and could ultimately decide the outcome.
John Boadu also recorded the strongest favourability rating of the three contenders, with 61 percent viewing him favourably against 12 percent unfavourable, producing a net approval rating of 49 percent.
Mr Agyarko posted a 50 percent favourable and 17 percent unfavourable rating, for a net approval of 34 percent, while Mr Afoko recorded 50 percent favourable and 18 percent unfavourable, translating to 32 percent net approval.
Regional data reinforced Mr Boadu’s position. He led in Bono East with 43 percent, Upper East with 41 percent, Greater Accra with 38 percent, North East with 38 percent, Central Region with 27 percent and Northern Region with 29 percent.
Boakye Agyarko remained competitive in several of the same regions, recording 23 percent in Bono East, 22 percent in Greater Accra and 21 percent in Central Region. Paul Afoko’s strongest showing came in Savannah Region at 22 percent, followed by 19 percent in North East.
The proportion of undecided voters varied sharply by region, reaching 71 percent in Ashanti, 63 percent each in Oti and Upper West, 60 percent in Western North and 56 percent in Volta, underscoring how unsettled the contest remains in the party’s traditional strongholds.
Kodua Holds a Commanding Lead for General Secretary
In the race for General Secretary, incumbent Justin Kodua Frimpong built an even wider advantage over his rivals. The survey placed him at 36 percent, well ahead of Eugene Antwi at 10 percent, Sylvester Tetteh at 5 percent and Charles Dwamena at 3 percent.
Even so, 46 percent of respondents had no opinion, leaving the contest technically open despite Kodua’s commanding lead among those who expressed a preference.
Justin Kodua’s strongest regional support came from Central Region at 60 percent, followed by Greater Accra at 54 percent, Bono East at 44 percent, Upper East at 43 percent, Northern Region at 40 percent, Ahafo at 39 percent and North East at 39 percent.
Eugen Boakye Antwi’s best performance came in Bono East at 30 percent, with 18 percent support in Volta and 14 percent in Greater Accra.
Titus Glover Leads a More Fragmented Organiser Race
Former Greater Accra Regional Minister Titus Glover led the National Organiser contest, though half of all respondents remained undecided. Mr Glover attracted 23 percent support, ahead of Salam Mustapha at 14 percent, Alhaji Ismaela Ibrahim at 8 percent and Kwame A. Prempeh at 5 percent.
The regional breakdown pointed to a more competitive race than the topline figures suggest. Mr Glover recorded his strongest support in Northern Region at 35 percent, followed by 28 percent in Volta and 27 percent each in Ahafo and Greater Accra.
Salam Mustapha performed strongly in Oti Region, leading with 28 percent, and also posted 25 percent in Upper West and 24 percent in Upper East. Ahaji Ibrahim recorded 28 percent in Bono, 23 percent in North East and 21 percent in Upper West, while Prempeh’s strongest showing was 21 percent in Bono East.
How the Three Races Intersect
The survey also examined how preferences in the chairmanship contest correlate with the other two races. Among voters who back John Boadu for National Chairman, 63 percent also support Justin Kodua for General Secretary.
Justin Kodua drew 53 percent support among Boakye Agyarko backers and 49 percent among Paul Afoko backers, while Eune Boakye Antwi attracted 21 percent among Boakye Agyarko supporters, 15 percent among John Boadu supporters and 19 percent among Paul Afoko supporters.
A similar cross-camp pattern emerged in the Organiser race. Titus Glover was preferred by 43 percent of Boakye Agyarko supporters, 36 percent of John Boadu supporters and 34 percent of Paul Afoko supporters, while Salam Mustapha attracted 20 percent among Boakye Agyarko backers, 24 percent among John Boadu backers and 31 percent among Afoko backers.
The pattern suggests that Justin Kodua and Titus Glover currently draw support across the camps of all three leading chairmanship contenders, giving their leads a broader base than the chairmanship race itself has established.
A Large Undecided Vote Leaves All Three Contests Open
The scale of undecided voters stood out across all three races, at 47 percent for chairmanship, 46 percent for General Secretary and 50 percent for National Organiser.
That means John Boadu, Justin Kodua and Glover currently lead their respective contests without any of the three races being considered settled, leaving room for movement as internal campaigning intensifies ahead of the party’s national elections.
The Global InfoAnalytics poll was conducted through telephone interviews from August 10 to 12, 2026, involving 2,557 respondents drawn from all 16 regions using probability random sampling with regional quota limits, based on the 2024 Electoral Commission register as the sample frame.
The survey reports a 99 percent confidence level and a margin of error of plus or minus 2.56 percentage points.
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