NPP to celebrate Jake Obetsebi Lamptey anniversary
Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey died in London following a protracted illness.
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A church service will take place at the Ridge Church at 8:00am.
Acting General Secretary of the party John Boadu said "Jake’s contribution to the NPP can never be forgotten even in death, hence the celebration."
Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey died in London following a protracted illness.
The former national chairman NPP led the party into power in 2000.
Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey (born 4 February 1946) was a Ghanaian politician and a former television and radio producer.
From 2005 to July 2007, Obetsebi-Lamptey served as Minister of Tourism and Diasporan Relations in the cabinet of President John Kufuor. Previously Obetsebi-Lamptey was Minister of Tourism and Modernization of the Capital (2002–05) and Minister of Information (2001–02).
He resigned his posts in July 2007 to campaign for the NPP nomination for the 2008 Presidential elections, but he lost.
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