{"id":56149,"date":"2023-10-06T16:20:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T16:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=56149"},"modified":"2023-10-06T14:21:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T14:21:39","slug":"mahama-mourns-ex-ndc-executives-et-mensah-sidney-laryea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/mahama-mourns-ex-ndc-executives-et-mensah-sidney-laryea","title":{"rendered":"Mahama mourns ex-NDC executives ET Mensah, Sidney Laryea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Former President John Dramani Mahama has paid tribute to two stalwarts of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The two \u2013 Enoch Teye Mensah and Dr Sidney Laryea \u2013 died over the past days.<\/p>\n<p>ET Mensah, a long-standing member of the NDC and Ghana\u2019s longest-serving Youth and Sports Minister, died on Sunday, October 1 while receiving treatment at a South African hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sydney Laryea, NDC\u2019s first National Treasurer, also died a day later after a short illness.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 flageaberer of the NDC took to X, formerly Twitter, to express his condolences over the passing of the two.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery sad to lose two stalwarts of our great party, Hon. ET Mensah and Dr. Sidney Laryea,\u201d he wrote on Thursday, October 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth played key roles in shaping the solid rock our party was built on and anchored today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile ET was our first National Youth Organiser, Dr. Laryea served as the party\u2019s first National Treasurer. They made their mark, and we wish them peaceful rest in the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe extend our deepest condolences to both bereaved families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arrangements are being made by the respective families for the funerals.<\/p>\n<p>ET Mensah\u2019s body is expected to be flown to Ghana next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the NDC has directed that flags at all its offices fly at half-mast in honour of the two.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. Former President John Dramani Mahama has paid tribute to two stalwarts of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The two \u2013 Enoch Teye Mensah and Dr Sidney Laryea \u2013 died over the past days. ET Mensah, a long-standing member of the NDC and Ghana\u2019s longest-serving Youth and Sports Minister, died on Sunday, October [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":56148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-56149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ghana","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mahama mourns ex-NDC executives ET Mensah, Sidney Laryea - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former President John Dramani Mahama has paid tribute to two stalwarts of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/mahama-mourns-ex-ndc-executives-et-mensah-sidney-laryea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mahama mourns ex-NDC executives ET Mensah, Sidney Laryea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former President John Dramani Mahama has paid tribute to two stalwarts of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/mahama-mourns-ex-ndc-executives-et-mensah-sidney-laryea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-06T16:20:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/10\/sm_1696589187.033049.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"435\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/mahama-mourns-ex-ndc-executives-et-mensah-sidney-laryea#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/mahama-mourns-ex-ndc-executives-et-mensah-sidney-laryea\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mahama mourns ex-NDC executives ET Mensah, Sidney Laryea\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-06T16:20:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/mahama-mourns-ex-ndc-executives-et-mensah-sidney-laryea\"},\"wordCount\":238,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/mahama-mourns-ex-ndc-executives-et-mensah-sidney-laryea#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/10\/sm_1696589187.033049.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ghana\",\"ghana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/mahama-mourns-ex-ndc-executives-et-mensah-sidney-laryea#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/mahama-mourns-ex-ndc-executives-et-mensah-sidney-laryea\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/mahama-mourns-ex-ndc-executives-et-mensah-sidney-laryea\",\"name\":\"Mahama mourns ex-NDC executives ET Mensah, Sidney Laryea - 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