🇬🇠Ghana Deputy Finance Minister John Kumah has died, finance ministry says
Ghana's Deputy Finance Minister John Kumah has died, the finance ministry's spokesperson said on Thursday.
Kumah died in the company of his doctor while an ambulance was taking him from Ejisu - the constituency where was MP - to the capital, Accra, about 235km away.
"We decided this morning to take him to Accra so that he takes the next available flight to continue his treatment in Germany," Kumah's spokesperson, Bismarck Owusu Twumasi, told.
Kumah, a lawyer by training and a father of six, assumed office as deputy finance minister in 2021.
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has led the country in paying tributes to Kumah.
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Ghana's Deputy Finance Minister John Kumah has died, the finance ministry's spokesperson said on Thursday.
Kumah died in the company of his doctor while an ambulance was taking him from Ejisu - the constituency where was MP - to the capital, Accra, about 235km away.
"We decided this morning to take him to Accra so that he takes the next available flight to continue his treatment in Germany," Kumah's spokesperson, Bismarck Owusu Twumasi, told.
Kumah, a lawyer by training and a father of six, assumed office as deputy finance minister in 2021.
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has led the country in paying tributes to Kumah.
#Ghana
@africaintel