The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has eulogised its late Upper West Chairman, Dr Saanbaye Basilide Kangbere.
The party commended.the late parrty executive for his contribution to the NPP and the country.
A statement issued by the NPP directed flags to fly at half-mast.
Dr Kangbere, aka Chairman Heavy Weight died at his home in Adjringano in Accra on Friday, June 7, 2024.
The NPP in its statement said late Chairman never allowed his background to limit him as he successfully passed his Common Entrance Examinations in Owlo, a small town in the Daffiama-Bussie-Issa district of the Upper West Region to study at the prestigious Daffiama Secondary School.
“Mr. Kangbere would again achieve another academic milestone as he passed with distinction, his Sixth Form Examinations before gaining admission to be trained as a teacher in a College of Education and subsequently to the University of Ghana where he majored in English.”
“As fate would have it, Mr. Kangbere would develop a relentless passion for politics and other matters of social concern while studying at the University of Ghana and became part of student activist groups. Upon his election as Secretary of the Students Representatives Council, he would team up with young men like Frederick Worsemao Armah Blay from 1977 to1978, and fearlessly opposed clandestine attempts by the Supreme Military Council of Ignatius Kutu Acheampong to impose the so-called Union Government (UNIGOV) on Ghanaians,” it stated.
“In the most part of his adult life, he taught for several years in numerous deprived communities in the Upper West Region and Nigeria, and later in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia. He also set up several English teaching schools in Saudi Arabia, some of which are still operational.”
“Mr. Kangbere was a devoted Catholic, husband, father of five and also a noble family man on whose shoulders several people from across the length and breadth of Ghana and even beyond were nurtured,” it stated.
The NPP indicated that it was comforted by Dr Kangbere’s legacy of hard work and dedication to the country.
The statement also extended the party’s deepest condolences to the bereaved family, particularly his wife and children.
“As a mark of respect in his honour, the Party directs that all Party flags fly at half-mast for the next seven days,” it added.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
