GFP Flagbearer Akua Donkor Dead
The founder and Flagbearer of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor has died.
The 72-year-old died while receiving treatment at Greater Accra Regional Hospital known as Ridge Hospital in Accra following a referral from the Nsawam Government Hospital in the Eastern Region, Graphic Online cites a family source to have disclosed.
Per the source, she reported to the hospital on Monday with respiratory issues.
She died on Monday, October 28, 2024.
Her death has come as a major blow to her party and sympathisers as she was bid to contest in the upcoming Presidential elections.
She was an interesting figure in Ghana’s political landscape who advocated for sound policies for farmers, teachers, journalists and women. She promised to make education free from primary to secondary level; take off import taxes; establish a free zone at the Tema port; establish refineries for the country’s primary products; among others.
Her recent public outing before her death occurred at the IPAC meeting two weeks ago where she announced plans to sue the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama for stating she should not have been cleared to contest in the election.
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Donkor was born in February 1952, and hailed from Afigya Kwabre District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. She was a cocoa farmer by profession.
She is not known to have had any formal education.
Madam Donkor set out on her presidential ambition in 2012 where she applied to contest; however, she was disqualified by the Electoral Commission for not meeting the requirements.
This prompted her to throw her support behind Papa Kwesi Ndoum of the Progressive People’s Party.
She was again disqualified by the Electoral Commission from contesting in the 2016 election.
Madam Donkor finally got the clearance to contest in the Presidential election in 2020 where she was among the three women presidential candidates. Out of the 12 candidates, she came fifth.
She again qualified for the 2024 elections and announced Mr Kwabena Agyeman Appiah Kubi known in showbiz as Roman Fada as her running mate for the 2024 general election.
Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini
