The fate of the National First Vice Chairperson of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Danquah Smith Buttey, is reportedly hanging in a balance ahead of the party's National Delegates Conference following a petition by a group for his suspension.
An NPP group has petitioned the National Council to bring disciplinary action against Chairman Buttey for allegedly lying that former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had reached out to him to make assertions about postponing the party's conference slated for Saturday, July 19, 2025.
Chairman Buttey, who is currently acting as National Chairman following the absence of Stephen Ntim, is said to have unilaterally called for an emergency Council meeting on Thursday, July 10, during which he informed members that Nana Akufo-Addo had, through a telephone conversation, expressed his reservations about the upcoming conference.
Chairman Buttey reportedly told the members that the former President was not happy with the decision by the party to hold an early congress and that he (Nana Akufo-Addo) preferred the decision should be overturned.
