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A former Greater Accra Regional Minister, Ishmael Ashitey has
passed on.
Mr Ashitey, 67, who was also a former Minister of State, and
former Member of Parliament for Tema East MP died on Friday, January 7, 2022,
at the International Maritime Hospital in Tema.
Mr Ashitey served as the MP for the Tema East constituency in
the 2nd, 3rd and 4th parliaments of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
Mr Ashitey served as the MP for the Tema East constituency in
the 2nd, 3rd and 4th parliaments of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
During his tenure as Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the
NPP, he led his party to retain the majority of the Parliamentary seats in the
2016 general elections.
Sources within the NPP in Tema told GraphicOnline that Mr
Ashitey returned from his routine medical checkup in the United States not too
long ago and that he had hosted some friends and family members in the
afternoon prior to his demise at the hospital.
Meanwhile, tributes have started pouring in eulogising Mr
Ashitey.
The Vice President of the Republic, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia
in a post on his Facebook page expressed his condolences to the Ashitey family
on the passing of Mr Ishmael Ashitey, who was an ex-Minister of State, former
Tema East MP and NPP regional Chairman.
He wrote, "My thoughts are with them at this difficult
period".
Source:
graphic.com.gh
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