The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has formally confirmed the death of its former party Chairman and Election Campaign Manager, Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, who passed away on Sunday dawn in London.
In a statement signed by John Boadu, the party’s acting General Secretary, the NPP expressed its condolences to the family of the late Obetsebi Lamptey, who they described as “a true son of the Nation”.
“Mr. Obetsebi Lamptey did not only serve his party selflessly and diligently, but also helped in nation building,” the statement added. The NPP has also requested that all party flags be flown at half mast in honor of the memory of their former party chairman.
“As we mourn this great man of our party and country, we request that all party flags-national, regional, constituency and polling stations offices- fly at half mast.”
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed profound shock and sadness at the demise of Mr. Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, former Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Mr. Obetsebi-Lamptey died in the early hours of Sunday in a London hospital where he had gone for treatment.
The former first family, former president Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings have expressed their deepest condolences to the family of the late Jake Obetsebi Lamptey.
PoliticianAs a professional communicator, he was given the task of working on the identity of the party. He worked with Dan Quaye, an artist, to design the NPP flag, colours, symbols and other visual identity items.As first chairman of the publicity committee, he handled publicity and media for presidential candidate Professor Adu Boahen during the 1992 campaign. As was the practice in those early difficult times when party members sacrificed to fund party activities, Jake paid for much of the publicity campaign activities from his own pocket and resources.SacrificesSacrificing for the party is not something that started after 2000. Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey contested the national chairmanship in 1995, and came second to the late Peter Ala Adjetey.As Chairman of the Communications Committee, he founded the NPP News with Ferdinand Ayim. The newspaper was able to make a small contribution to party overheads.In 1997, he successfully contested the Regional Chairmanship of Greater Accra. He was re-elected twice more, serving a total of three terms as regional chairman before stepping down in 2005. During his chairmanship, the party, for the first time in the Danquah-Dombo-Busia tradition, since 1947, became the majority party in Greater Accra, as evident in winning the Accra Central (Odododiodoo) and Osu (Klottey Korle) seats.For the 2000 elections, he was appointed the campaign manager for the J.A.Kufuor.Kufuor campaign.Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey worked hard on the presentation of the candidate and the party and also worked hard to reduce the level of manipulation at the polling station. He introduced the innovation of “voters tally sheet” and heightened awareness that the NPP would put itself into position to be able to ensure that correct results were declared.
Born on February 4, 1946 in Accra, Ghana, the second son of Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey (a prominent lawyer and politician) and his Dutch wife Margaretha, Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey had his primary education in Accra, before travelling to England to further his education.
In 1966, he began work as a radio and TV scriptwriter, commentator and presenter at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). In 1969, he joined Lintas West Africa, an advertising firm, as an account executive and radio and television producer.
The former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Jake Obetsebi Lamptey is dead. Reports indicate that he died on early Sunday morning in London.
Sources within the party confirmed the news to citifmonline.com. Bryn Acheamong, a former aide to Jake Obetsebi Lamptey posted on his Facebook wall: “Ghana has lost one fine statesman. RIP.”
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