Death has laid its icy hands on one of the combatants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Hon. Ishmael Ashitey.<\/p>\n Mr. Ishmael Ashitey who was a former Greater Accra Regional Minister died on Friday, January 7, 2022, at the International Maritime Hospital in Tema.<\/p>\n The cause of his death is not yet revealed.<\/p>\n A family source told Ghanaguardian.com that the former Tema East MP did not show signs of ailments.<\/p>\n He died at age 67, leaving behind a wife and 4 children.<\/p>\n The late Ishmael Ashitey was loved by many but only a handful of people had the privilege of sharing close ties with him.<\/p>\n One of such people is NPP presidential hopeful, Boakye Agyarko. The two had a relationship that went beyond being just NPP members and hours after his death, the ex-Energy Minister is out to eulogise him.<\/p>\n He wrote in an eulogy sighted by Ghanaguardian.com that the late Ashitey was his “good friend” and that he received the news of his passing with “shock and sadness”.<\/p>\n “I have received with shock and sadness the sudden death of my good friend Ishmael Ashitey,” he wrote.<\/p>\n He described him as “a steadfast pillar” in the politics of NPP.<\/p>\n “He was a steadfast pillar in the politics of the NPP and in no small measure contributed to the fortunes of the party in the Greater Accra Region,” he eulogised.<\/p>\n Mr. Agyarko recounted some interesting times he shared with the consummate politician when he served as the NPP’s Greater Accra Regional Chairman.<\/p>\n “I recall fondness, our working relationship during my time as Campaign Manager when he served as Greater Accra Regional Chairman,” he shared.<\/p>\n He added, “My heart goes out to his family. I will continue to pray for the soul of my good friend and may the Lord his maker receive him into his warm embrace.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NPP presidential hopeful, Boakye Agyarko Death has laid its icy hands on one of the combatants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Hon. Ishmael Ashitey. Mr. Ishmael Ashitey who was a former Greater Accra Regional Minister died on Friday, January 7, 2022, at the International Maritime Hospital in Tema. The cause of his death is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":741836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-741835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"NPP](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/25936373.295.jpg\" "\\"NPP")
NPP presidential hopeful, Boakye Agyarko<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n