{"id":447953,"date":"2017-12-17T17:27:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T17:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/17\/mahama-brings-back-missing-smiles-on-faces-of-mourners\/"},"modified":"2017-12-17T17:27:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T17:27:33","slug":"mahama-brings-back-missing-smiles-on-faces-of-mourners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/17\/mahama-brings-back-missing-smiles-on-faces-of-mourners\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama brings back &#8216;missing&#8217; smiles on faces of mourners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/16381784.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mahama Smile Kpando1.jpeg\" title=\"Mahama Smile Kpando1.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former President John Dramani Mahama waving to the mourners<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513531653_395_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former President John Mahama brought some excitement to the faces of mourners at Kpando where the funeral was held for late Volta Regional Women\u2019s Organiser, Mercy Kuada.<\/p>\n<p>The former President was given an ecstatic reception when he arrived at the funeral grounds and went round to greet the bereaved family and the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Mahama\u2019s vehicle was mobbed by some supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) some of whom took selfies with him.<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the opposition party, mostly officials of the former regime, included former President Jerry John Rawlings; National Chairman, Kofi Porturphy and Deputy General Secretary, Koku Anyidoho.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Dramani Mahama waving to the mourners Former President John Mahama brought some excitement to the faces of mourners at Kpando where the funeral was held for late Volta Regional Women\u2019s Organiser, Mercy Kuada. 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