Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin has directed all Members of Parliament to undergo compulsory COVID-19 testing to avoid infections in the lawmaking House.
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked the Deputy National Security Co-ordinator, Mr Opare Duncan, to act as National Security Co-ordinator, pending the appointment of a substantive Co-ordinator following the death of Mr Joshua Kyeremeh.
Mr Joshua Kyeremeh who was the substantive National Security Co-ordinator passed away Monday, January 18, 2021.
According to the presidency, arrangements for his funeral will be announced in due course. The President has asked the Deputy National Security Co-ordinator, Mr. Opare Duncan, to act as National Security Co-ordinator, pending the appointment of a substantive Co-ordinator. Our condolences and sympathies go to his widow and children. May God bless him, and let his soul rest in peace!, Mr Eugene Arhin, who speaks for the Presidency posted on Facebook.
The President HE Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has appointed Deputy National Security Co-ordinator, Mr. Opare Duncan, to act as National Security Co-ordinator pending the appointment of a substantive Co-ordinator.
In a Facebook post by the Director of Communications at the presidency, Mr. Eugene Antwi, he explained that the National Security Co-ordinator, Mr. Joshua Kyeremeh passed away on Monday, 18th January 2021 as he underwent treatment for COVID-19.
A product of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kyeremeh was a former Director of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), now known as National Intelligence Bureau (NIB).
Peacefmonline sources at the hospital say he died of kidney complications at the hospital where he was being treated.