He died on Thursday February 3, 2011 at the Lister Hospital where he had been admitted for two weeks. He was 89.
Present at the ceremony held at the forecourt of the State House were former President John Kufuor, NPP flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo, former NPP Chairman Peter Mac Manu and senior party member Alan Kyerematen. CPP Chairman Ladi Nylander led a CPP delegation which included General Secretary Ivor Greenstreet and Legon lecturer Vladimir Antwi Danso.
Prof Kofi Awoonor, Chairman of the Council of State led a government delegation which included former Presidential Advisor P V Obeng, Employment Minister ET Mensah, Trade Minister Hannah Tetteh and Deputy Interior Minister Kobby Acheampong.
A founding member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Mr. Jantuah served as Minister of Agriculture in the first Republic under Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and remained a dedicated member of the party until his death. Mr. Jantua also served in the governments of President Liman and President Rawlings’ AFRC.
After serving the nation in several ways, Mr Jantuah in later years played a yeoman’s role in the effort to unite the various pro-Nkrumah factions into the Convention’s People’s Party and served as a member of the Central Committee and Council of Elders.
In recognition of his continuing and valuable counsel to the CPP, he was in March 2008 made the Party’s Patron. The late Jantuah will be buried on March 26, at Mampongteng in the Ashanti Region where he hailed from. Funeral and thanksgiving service would also be held in the same town on March 26 and March 27, 2011.
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