Former General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, is dead.
He is reported to have died in Accra after a short illness.
Until his death, Sir John was the CEO of the Forestry Commission.
He died after testing positive for Covid-19.
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He succumbed to complications of the disease while undergoing treatment at the ICU of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Few minutes after the sad news of the passing of Mr Kwadwo Afriyie Owusu was announced, Eugene Arhin, the Communication Director for the President, shared a tribute.
“RIP Sir John…Till we meet again,” he wrote on Facebook
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