{"id":302952,"date":"2017-03-19T14:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=302952"},"modified":"2017-03-19T14:00:17","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T14:00:17","slug":"npp-to-commemorate-a-year-of-jake-obetsebi-lampteys-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/npp-to-commemorate-a-year-of-jake-obetsebi-lampteys-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP to commemorate a year of Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey’s passing"},"content":{"rendered":"
The New Patriotic Party (NPP), will on Monday, March 20, 2017, hold a ceremony to observe the one year passing of its former National Chairman, Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey.<\/p>\n
Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2016 in London after battling an ailment.<\/p>\n
A church service at the Ridge Church will take place at 8:00am, whiles a get-together at the party’s National Headquarters will be held to celebrate the life of Obetsebi-Lamptey, described as “one of the greatest sons of the elephant.”<\/p>\n
\u201cJake\u2019s contribution to the NPP can never be forgotten even in death, hence the celebration,\u201d the NPP’s acting General Secretary, John Boadu, noted.<\/p>\n
John Boadu called on members, sympathisers and the general public to come and celebrate \u201cJake the great\u201d.<\/p>\n
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From 2005 to July 2007, Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey served as the Minister of Tourism and Diasporan Relations in the cabinet of President John Kufuor.<\/p>\n
He was the National Campaign Manager of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the 2000 Presidential elections, which saw the first constitutional transition of power under the Fourth Republic.<\/p>\n
Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey also served as a Chief of Staff in the government of former President John Kufuor.<\/p>\n
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The New Patriotic Party (NPP), will on Monday, March 20, 2017, hold a ceremony to observe the one year passing of its former National Chairman, Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey. Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2016 in London after battling an ailment. A church service at the Ridge Church will take place at 8:00am, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58,11],"tags":[3,5268,5269,56],"yoast_head":"\n