The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong, has stated that the party has not yet received any official communication from its National Chairman, Stephen Ntim, regarding reports of his ill health.

In a video shared on The1957News' X account on June 17, 2025, Kodua clarified that although Ntim's family had written to inform the party of his condition, the chairman himself had not formally notified the party of his inability to perform his duties. "We have not officially heard from him.

It is the family that wrote the letter to us," he said when approached by a reporter ahead of the NPP's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held on June 17, 2025, in Accra.

He explained that, per the party's internal arrangements, the Vice Chairman is mandated to step in when the Chairman is unavailable. "In the absence of the National Chairman, there is a Vice Chairman.