{"id":226965,"date":"2024-10-06T21:19:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T21:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/06\/former-asante-kotoko-board-member-yamoah-ponkoh-is-dead\/"},"modified":"2024-10-06T21:19:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T21:19:47","slug":"former-asante-kotoko-board-member-yamoah-ponkoh-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/06\/former-asante-kotoko-board-member-yamoah-ponkoh-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Asante Kotoko Board Member Yamoah Ponkoh is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/107\/10769594.295.jpg\" alt=\"The late Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh was also a former MCE for Ejisu Juaben\" title=\"The late Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh was also a former MCE for Ejisu Juaben\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The late Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh was also a former MCE for Ejisu Juaben<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Former Board Member of Kumasi Asante Kotoko and leading member of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh, is reported dead.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chief Executive of Ejisu Juaben Municipal Assembly under the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration is said to have been confirmed dead around midday on Sunday, October 6, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He is said to have been sick for several weeks before his death, although the cause of his demise remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by Myjoyonline.com, sighted by GhanaWeb, he was admitted last week at the Living Waters Hospital in Kumasi but died at home after he was discharged.<\/p>\n<p>His death has since attracted messages of condolence and mourning, especially from figures within the NDC on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFare thee well, Wofa,\u201d National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, posted on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Fsamuel.gyamfi.94064%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0Vq7na1UJmQU7BS3LqxDHLd3B1B1BU6dEag4LJefuFDDXm8gCjTw29i6iNtkw5ywfl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"589\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>GA<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch the latest episode of Everyday People on GhanaWeb TV below:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"cdHvSj0yoVw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IPMC student funding his education by helping his single mother sell | Everyday People\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cdHvSj0yoVw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The late Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh was also a former MCE for Ejisu Juaben Former Board Member of Kumasi Asante Kotoko and leading member of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh, is reported dead. The former Chief Executive of Ejisu Juaben Municipal Assembly under the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration is said to have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former Asante Kotoko Board Member Yamoah Ponkoh is dead - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/06\/former-asante-kotoko-board-member-yamoah-ponkoh-is-dead\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Asante Kotoko Board Member Yamoah Ponkoh is dead - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The late Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh was also a former MCE for Ejisu Juaben Former Board Member of Kumasi Asante Kotoko and leading member of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh, is reported dead. 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