{"id":336571,"date":"2017-07-15T07:54:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T07:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=336571"},"modified":"2017-07-15T07:54:38","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T07:54:38","slug":"christopher-opoku-goes-home-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/christopher-opoku-goes-home-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Opoku goes home today"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hundreds\u00a0of\u00a0Ghanaians made up of family, friends and well-wishers of sports journalist Christopher Opoku, are gathering in Kumasi today [Saturday], July 15, for the final funeral rites of the late icon.<\/p>\n
He passed away in a London hospital in May after battling cancer, sparking an outpouring of grief from the Ghanaian public.<\/p>\n
A number of Ghanaians paid their respects to the broadcaster at a ceremony in May\u00a0to mark the one-week anniversary of his passing, and offer their condolences to his family at the Kwame Nkrumah\u00a0University of Science and Technology.<\/p>\n
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Christopher Opoku was a news editor at\u00a0Citi FM, <\/strong>until\u00a0he traveled abroad for treatment. He had worked in the media for more than fifteen years.<\/p>\n He started as the host of a gospel show on Luv FM, a station based in Kumasi when he was a\u00a0student\u00a0at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chris then evolved to become one of Ghana’s known sports journalists. He worked with Asempa FM and Power FM before it was re-branded Starr FM.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On both stations, he hosted their morning sports shows.<\/p>\n For several years he worked with Accra-based Metro TV before joining\u00a0Citi FM<\/strong>\u00a0for a brief period.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 2013, he was appointed General Manager of the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA), and he worked with the entity until 2014 when he resigned.<\/p>\n He was named Best Football Commentator and Best Football Journalist (PLB) in 2008 and 2009.<\/p>\n Aside\u00a0his work as a sports broadcaster, he had a strong passion for music, and he was heavily involved in running the music department of his church.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He will be remembered as a dedicated, passionate and very lively person and he will be missed by all who knew him.<\/p>\n Christopher Opoku is survived by a wife and three children.<\/p>\n – Hundreds\u00a0of\u00a0Ghanaians made up of family, friends and well-wishers of sports journalist Christopher Opoku, are gathering in Kumasi today [Saturday], July 15, for the final funeral rites of the late icon. He passed away in a London hospital in May after battling cancer, sparking an outpouring of grief from the Ghanaian public. A number of Ghanaians […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[2381,3],"yoast_head":"\n
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