MP for Amenfi West John Gyetuah passes on

The death is reported of John Gyetuah, Member of Parliament for Amenfi West at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra after a protracted illness.

Speaking to Radio Ghana, the Western Regional organizer of the NDC, Japhet Baidoe confirmed the sad news and said the party has lost a pillar.

The late John Gyetuah who served as a Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry and later Minister of State at the Presidency during President Mills’ tenure in office was in parliament on the ticket of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Amenfi Central.

He started his Parliamentary work in 2005 and served on the committees of Privileges, Health, Gender and Children.

Prior to parliament and as an Educationist, he worked with the Ghana Education Service where he rose to the rank of Senior Superintendent. He had a Bachelors in Sociology from the University of Cape Coast, and an EMGL from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.

He was born on October 1, 1959 and hailed from Asankran Breman in the Western region. He left behind seven children.

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