The First Vice Chairperson of the , (NPP), Danquah Smith Buttey, chaired a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in the absence of the party's National Chairman, Stephen Ayensu Ntim, according to a report by citinewsroom.com This development follows a formal letter from Stephen Ntim's family to the NEC on June 16, 2025, requesting that he should be temporarily excused from official duties due to medical reasons.
According to the family, his continued involvement in party activities could further endanger his health and infringe on his rights.
The letter jointly signed by family members including Kingsley Oteng (Family Head), Adelaide Ntim (MP), and other close relatives, further reaffirmed Stephen Ntim's decades of commitment to the party, from his time as First National Deputy Chairman to his current role as National Chairman. "Common sense dictates that Stephen, as a matter of urgency, be temporarily excused, not only from rigorous active politics but from intra-party activities in order to make way for needed peace and solace and for concentration on the ongoing required medical treatment process," part of the letter read.
Consequently, Buttey stepped in to chair the NEC session, which touched on the progress of the party's Constitutional Review Committee.
