{"id":206943,"date":"2016-04-15T10:21:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T10:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=206943"},"modified":"2016-04-15T10:21:44","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T10:21:44","slug":"mahama-nana-addo-others-at-jb-danquahs-funeral-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=206943","title":{"rendered":"Mahama, Nana Addo, others at JB Danquah&#8217;s funeral [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final funeral rites of the\u00a0late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North constituency, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu took place\u00a0at the forecourt of the State house today [Friday], April 15.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207067 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/MG_0956.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_0956\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Present at the funeral were\u00a0President John Mahama, Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur, flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, and his running mate Dr. Mahamudu\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Bawumia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207051 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/jb-danquah-funeral-at-state-house-32_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"jb danquah funeral at state house (32)_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207065 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/MG_0949.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_0949\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>National Executives of the NPP, \u00a0leadership and members of Parliament and some minsters of state were\u00a0also present to pay their last respect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207054 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/jb-danquah-funeral-at-state-house-40_750x500.jpg\" alt=\"jb danquah funeral at state house (40)_750x500\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207076 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/jb-danquah-funeral-at-state-house-46_750x500.jpg\" alt=\"jb danquah funeral at state house (46)_750x500\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NPP stalwarts including Alan Kyeremanteng, Yaw Osafo Marfo, Kwame Mpianim and the suspended trio of Kwabena Agyepong, Paul Afoko and Sammy Crabbe were\u00a0at the late MP&#8217;s funeral.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207059 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/jb-danquah-funeral-at-state-house-49_750x500.jpg\" alt=\"jb danquah funeral at state house (49)_750x500\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207056 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/jb-danquah-funeral-at-state-house-43_750x500.jpg\" alt=\"jb danquah funeral at state house (43)_750x500\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>JB Danquah was allegedly killed by a 19-year-old boy, Daniel Asiedu, who entered\u00a0his residence at Shiashie in Accra and stabbed him to death.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207057 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/jb-danquah-funeral-at-state-house-44_750x500.jpg\" alt=\"jb danquah funeral at state house (44)_750x500\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The body of JB Danquah, a former Deputy Minister for Women and Children\u2019s Affairs, will be taken to Akyem Old Tafo in the Eastern region for final burial rites on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207027 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/jb-danquah-funeral-at-state-house-1_796x500.jpg\" alt=\"jb danquah funeral at state house (1)_796x500\" width=\"796\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>About J.B Danquah<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The late Joseph Boakye Danquah, once served as a Deputy Minister for Women and Children\u2019s Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>He was the Abuakwa North MP from 2000 until 2008, when he lost the seat to the NPP\u2019s Prof. Samuel Amoako. He returned in 2012 to win the seat. He left behind a wife and two children.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Boakye Danquah, a chartered Accountant by profession, is the grandson of late J.B Danquah, a Ghanaian statesman, pan-Africanist, scholar and historian, who played a significant role in pre- and post-colonial Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Kojo Agyeman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>Photos by Godwin A. 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Present at the funeral were\u00a0President John Mahama, Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur, flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, and his running mate Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":207074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider-1","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=206943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=206943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=206943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=206943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}