LATE Chairman of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Council of Elders, C. K Tedam is to be given a state burial 0n June 22 at his hometown Paga, Upper East Region, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced.
Additionally, a befitting and an appropriate memorial is to be identified to immortaliseMr Tedam, who played an integral and vibrant part in the development of the Danquah-Dom- bo-Busia political tradition.
President Akufo-Addo made the announcement when the family of the late elder statesman and astute politician, called on him at the Jubilee House in Accra to inform him officially of his passing. Mr Clement Kubindiwu Tedam until his death last April was the last surviving member of the Northern People’s Party, the first NPP.
President Akufo Addo who described the late Tedam as a great Ghanaian patriot, recalled the role he played in the resolution of the crisis that engulfed the NPP prior to the 2016 election.
He said the strength of Mr Tedam’s char- acter and spiritedness, coupled with the clever manner he negotiated the impasse during that period was instrumental in securing the victory for the NPP in last election.
The President said Mr Tedam was the last link to those who founded the NPP tradition and the current generation of NPP members character and described as ‘farsighted’ the instructions that he imparted in the present generation of party faithful. —GNA
