{"id":1178729,"date":"2022-08-15T14:48:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/15\/former-mp-and-stc-director-dies-at-age-63\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:48:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:48:58","slug":"former-mp-and-stc-director-dies-at-age-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/15\/former-mp-and-stc-director-dies-at-age-63\/","title":{"rendered":"Former MP and STC Director dies at age 63."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Samuel Nuamah Donkor is a Ghanaian politician and social worker. He was a Minister for Health, an Ashanti Region Minister, and a member of Ghana&#8217;s first parliament in the fourth republic, representing the New Juaben North electorate as a member of the National Convention Party.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/e79b2070b4834403bd6d05eabccb55f3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Samuel was the former Managing Director of Intercity STC Coaches Limited, Samuel Nuamah Donkor, has passed on at age 63.<\/p>\n<p>This sad news broke out on Sunday, August 14, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Samuel Nuamah Donkor served as Minister of Health in the Rawlings administration and later as the Ashanti Regional Minister until the National Democratic Congress (NDC) lost election in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/9b3e42d50d6d4fcf8b888c695d137802\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He became Managing Director of STC and handed it over to Nana Akomea in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Tributes have been pouring in, especially on social media, eulogizing him for paying his dues.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Samuel Nuamah Donkor left behind a wife, Mrs. Irene Nuamah Donkor and five children.<\/p>\n<p>He served as a Member of the First Parliament of the Fourth Republic (Jan 7, 1993, to Jan 6, 1997), representing the New Juaben North seat as a member of the National Convention Party (NCP).<\/p>\n<p>In 1982, the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) designated him as the Deputy Regional Coordinator for Peoples Defence Committees and Workers Defence Committees (PDCs \/ WDCs), with an additional position as coordinator for New Juaben from 1982 to 1992.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3fdcef526b724a20ab17623ab2183936\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He was appointed Deputy Minister of Health under Jerry John Rawlings&#8217; cabinet in 1996 before becoming the formal Minister of Health in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>He was appointed Deputy Minister of Health under Jerry John Rawlings&#8217; cabinet in 1996 before becoming the formal Minister of Health in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>He was appointed Ashanti Regional Minister in 1999, a position he maintained until January 2001, when the National Democratic Congress ceded power to the New Patriotic Party.<\/p>\n<p>From 2014 to 2017, he served as the Managing Director of the Intercity State Transport Company Limited (STC) in the National Democratic Congress, under John Mahama&#8217;s administration.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: NokobiTV (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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