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Sir John’s “one week” remembrance takes place today.

by Afia Ohemeng July 22, 2020, 12:15 pm

The family of the former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known in political circles as Sir John will sit in state today to observe his pre-burial memorial.

Ideally, the memorial service is held one week after the death of an individual, but it is speculated that the event was pushed to today due to the effects of COVID-19 and social distancing rules. The customary gathering today will be used to fix and subsequently announce the date for his burial.

Sir John allegedly passed away some weeks ago at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra after contracting COVID-19. During his time on earth, he was the CEO of the Ghana Forestry Commission.

Sir John

A number of party faithful and leaders and other political leaders from the opposition NDC (especially General Mosquito) are expected to be at the commemoration of his death.