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The chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) council, Clement Kubindiwor Tedam, has pbaded away. He was 93 years old.
The founding member of the NPP pbaded away asleep at his Mamprobi home in Accra.
C.K Tedam, a respected party figure, played a fundamental role in merging two political traditions, Busia and Dombo, into what is now the new patriotic party.
A teacher by profession, he began his political career before independence and participated in the Legislative Assembly elections held for the second time at Gold Coast on June 15, 1954.
He was one of 11 independent candidates to win a seat in the 104-seat badembly dominated by the Convention People's Party, which controlled the House with 71 seats.
In the next election in 1956, CK Tedam, King of Paga, in the Upper East East region, would run for the Northern People's Party and win his seat.
In the dark days of unconstitutional governments, C. K. Tedam served as Minister of Local Government in the Supreme Military Council.
After Ghana returned to civilian rule in 1993, C.K. Tedam played a key role in the formation of the NPP, which challenged the presidential elections and was defeated.
He was promoted to the State Council after the NPP took power in 2000. After the defeat of the 2008 elections, Mr. Tedam became chairman of the party's elders council.
The party paid tribute to CK Tedam in 2014 at a Thanksgiving Mbad, highlighting his "tremendous contribution to the growth of the Danquah-Dombo-Busia tradition, his unwavering dedication and all the sacrifices that you have made so that the party and the tradition are firmly established in the political landscape of Ghana … "
He was married to Winifred Tedam and has six children.
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