{"id":1255301,"date":"2022-11-21T20:46:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T20:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/21\/john-mahama-ndc-elders-console-kwesi-botchweys-family\/"},"modified":"2022-11-21T20:46:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T20:46:38","slug":"john-mahama-ndc-elders-console-kwesi-botchweys-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/21\/john-mahama-ndc-elders-console-kwesi-botchweys-family\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mahama, NDC Elders console Kwesi Botchwey&#8217;s family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jm_sign.jpg\" alt=\"John Mahama, NDC Elders console Kwesi Botchwey's family\" class=\" bd-imagestyles-16\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nJohn Mahama, NDC Elders console Kwesi Botchwey&#8217;s family <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Former President John Dramani Mahama and some members of the Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have visited the residence of the late Professor Kwesi Botchwey to console the family following his demise.<\/h2>\n<p>The visit, on Monday was the first official visit by stalwarts of the NDC since the veteran economist died on Saturday, November 19, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Prof\u00a0Botchwey is generally known for his role as the country\u2019s longest serving Finance Minister under the administration of the late former President John Jerry Rawlings.<\/p>\n<p>He was a leading member of the NDC and part of the council of Elders before his passing.<\/p>\n<p>Regarded as a statesman, family of the late Prof Botchwey have told <strong>Graphic Online<\/strong> that, the public would be allowed to participate in the funeral activities to celebrate the man known to them as Dr \u201cB\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the funeral arrangements are yet to be made public.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a book of condolence has been opened at the family house.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"_Lrk-NeSYFU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Mahama, NDC Elders console Dr Kwesi Botchwey family\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Lrk-NeSYFU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"f875ce66ab59377784dbe095-text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '771749920311523', {}, {agent: 'pljoomla'});\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script type=\"f875ce66ab59377784dbe095-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t  js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=342494502508165\";\n\t\t\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Mahama, NDC Elders console Kwesi Botchwey&#8217;s family Former President John Dramani Mahama and some members of the Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have visited the residence of the late Professor Kwesi Botchwey to console the family following his demise. 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