A former Sanitation Minister, Joseph Kofi Adda, has died.
The former Member of Parliament for Navrongo in the Upper East Region died at age 65.
According to a relative, Mr. Adda died in the early hours of Thursday, October 14, 2021, on arrival at the Legon Hospital.
The relation told Citi News he had been battling with ill-health for the past few years.
Mr. Adda also served as Minister for Aviation in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s first term.
He was also a Financial Economist and a Management Consultant.
A former Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Kennedy Nyarko Osei, also confirmed the death of his former colleague on social media and commiserated with the family.
About Kofi Adda
Joseph Adda was born at Navrongo, the capital of the Kassena-Nankana District in the Upper East Region of Ghana.
He had his secondary education at St. John’s School, Sekondi, and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in politics and economics from the Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana, the United States, which he attended between 1979 and 1982.
Between 1982 and 1984, he was at Columbia University, New York, where he studied for a Master’s degree in International Affairs, specialising in Finance and Banking.
He went on to get a graduate certificate in African Studies from the same university.
In 1989, he obtained a certificate in French language and civilization from the Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
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