{"id":465344,"date":"2018-02-18T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/18\/lets-emulate-the-selflessness-of-appiah-menkah-npp-youth-urged\/"},"modified":"2018-02-18T12:00:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T12:00:35","slug":"lets-emulate-the-selflessness-of-appiah-menkah-npp-youth-urged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/18\/lets-emulate-the-selflessness-of-appiah-menkah-npp-youth-urged\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s emulate the selflessness of Appiah Menkah &#8211; NPP youth urged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/91135668.295.jpg\" alt=\"Apente Appiah Menka NPP\" title=\"Apente Appiah Menka NPP\" width=\"295\" height=\"252\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Akenten Appiah Menkah was the Chairman of the NPP Council of Elders in the Ashanti Region<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518955235_231_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">An aspiring Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and communications team member, Mr. Dennis Kwakwa has admonished youth in the party to emulate the late Chairman of the party\u2019s Council of Elders in the region, lawyer Akenten Appiah Menkah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery youth in the party must follow the footsteps of our late grandfather who worked as a selfless politician for the party and Ghana as his contribution to our democracy\u201d, he admonished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we are able to do this, NPP will stay in power for a longer time\u201d, Mr. Dennis Kwakwa spoke to mynewsgh.com\u2019s reporter Kwabena Danso-Dapaah following the death of the 82-year-old party\u2019s founding father.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran politician had been battling an illness for some time now until his demise Tuesday night<\/p>\n<p>The private legal practitioner and businessman is known for producing the infamous Appino soap and also served as a Minister of State in the Kofi Abrefa Busia-led administration in the Second Republic.<\/p>\n<p>He played a key role in the NPP\u2019s 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The governing party in a statement signed by acting General Secretary, John Boadu, has directed all party flags to fly at half-mast for seven (7) days as a mark of respect in honour of his memory.<\/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>Akenten Appiah Menkah was the Chairman of the NPP Council of Elders in the Ashanti Region An aspiring Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and communications team member, Mr. Dennis Kwakwa has admonished youth in the party to emulate the late Chairman of the party\u2019s Council of Elders in the region, 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