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Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, known popularly as Sir John of the New Patriotic Party is dead according to multiple reports.
The news of the demise of the popular Ghanaian lawyer came to our attention on Wednesday, July 1, 2020.
Sir John served as a General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
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After a short illness in Accra, Sir John gave up the ghost. Until his death, Sir John was the CEO of the Forestry Commission.
Sir John died after testing positive for Covid-19. Mr Owusu Afriyie became CEO of the Forestry Commission in March 2017 after being appointed to that position by President Akufo-Addo.
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The lawyer as well as a politician and had served as general secretary of the governing party between 2010 and 2014.
In July 2013, Afriyie was summoned to the Supreme Court of Ghana because he had made some potentially contemptuous comments.
More on the matter soon.
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