Burial of the State for C. K. Tedam

General News on Friday, May 31, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-05-31

The chairman of the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) New Veterans Council, C. K Tedam, will receive a state funeral in his hometown, Paga, in the Upper East East region, said Nana President Addo Dankwa Akufo -Addo.

In addition, an appropriate and appropriate memorial must be identified to immortalize Mr. Tedam, who played a vital role in the development of the Danquah-Dombo-Busia political tradition.

President Akufo-Addo made this announcement when the family of the late State Man and clever politician called him to the Jubilee House in Accra to officially inform him of his pbading.

Until his death, Clement Kubindiwu Tedam was last April the last surviving member of the Northern People's Party, the first party in power.

President Akufo Addo, who described the late Tedam as a great Ghanaian patriot, recalled the role he played in solving the crisis that plunged the NPP ahead of the 2016 elections.

He stated that Mr. Tedam's strength of character and alertness, combined with his intelligent manner, negotiated the stalemate at the time, which ensured victory. of the NPP in the last elections.

The President stated that Mr. Tedam was the last link with the founders of the NPP tradition and the current generation of NPP members and that he described as "clairvoyant" the instructions he gave to the current generation of party followers.

"In the recent life of the nuclear plant, he played an important role in stabilizing our party's ship as it was threatened by people who had misconceptions about how to advance the work of our party. CK Tedam.

"In this difficult year of 2015, his strength, his courage, his insistence on the principles, tradition and culture of our party helped us to overcome the threat to the stability of our party and the prospects of our party. victory of the party the following year, "said the president.

The president insisted that "to dedicate the 2016 victory to him would not be out of place because of the great role he played in stabilizing our party's ship in 2015".
He badured the family that the government would ensure Mr. Tedam receives a goodbye farewell.

Colonel John Obibah Kuseh, spokesman for the family, thanked the president for the decision to give Mr. Tedam. A state burial revealed that he would be buried. June 22, 2019.