{"id":3764,"date":"2024-03-08T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3764"},"modified":"2024-03-07T22:56:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T22:56:07","slug":"its-heartbreaking-for-all-of-us-ndcs-mustapha-gbande-on-john-kumahs-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3764","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Heartbreaking For All Of Us \u2013 NDC\u2019s Mustapha Gbande On John Kumah\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande has mourned the passing of Deputy Finance Minister John Kumah.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He says the death of Mr Kumah is heartbreaking to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is heartbreaking for all of us, we express our condoelnces to the family, we are with the family,\u201d he told journalists in Accra on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia also mourned the late Dr John Kumah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Facebook post, Dr Bawumia said \u201cA truly committed member of our administration, and party, who dedicated his all to the success of our endeavours. Rest well, John.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-117a9dc066711c441b2bb88603e4f006 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i-WzKpUc3-Q?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo also mourned Dr John Kumah after saying that the efforts of the late Deputy Finance Minister were instrumental in advancing the government\u2019s economic agenda, and ensuring that the fruits of the progress were equitably shared amongst all segments of society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Akufo-Addo desvriced John Kumah as Ghanaian patriot par excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Kumah died on Thursday, March 7. The 45-year-old lawmaker for Ejisu left behind a wife and six children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Facebook post, Mr Akufo-Addo said \u201cI am deeply saddened by the tragic news of the sudden death of the Deputy Minister for Finance and Member of Parliament for Ejisu, Hon. John Ampontuah Kumah, whose untimely passing has left us all bereft of a bright, energetic light in our midst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI knew him very well both in my days as Leader of the Opposition and as President of the Republic, and his warmth, humility, and genuine concern for others endeared him to me and to all who crossed his path. His unwavering dedication to service, his tireless commitment to the betterment of our nation, and his profound passion for uplifting the lives of the people of Ejisu and Ghana were evident to all who had the privilege of knowing him. He was a stalwart of the New Patriotic Party in the Ejisu constituency, which he served with great enthusiasm and devotion as a Member of Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande has mourned the passing of Deputy Finance Minister John Kumah. He says the death of Mr Kumah is heartbreaking to everyone. \u201cIt is heartbreaking for all of us, we express our condoelnces to the family, we are with the family,\u201d he told journalists in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,18],"tags":[513],"class_list":["post-3764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-politics","tag-mustapha-gbande"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3766,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3764\/revisions\/3766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}