General News of Wednesday, 12 February 2020Source: GNASpeaker, leadership of parliament console Deputy Minority LeaderJames Klutse Avedzi's wife is deadThe Speaker, Reverend Professor Mike Oquaye, and Leadership of Parliament on Tuesday commiserated with Mr James Klutse Avedzi, the Deputy Minority Leader, on the demise of his wife, Mrs Fortune Abla Fugah-Avedzi, in the Ketu North District of the Volta Region. The Speaker was accompanied on the trip by First Deputy Speaker, Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, Second Deputy Speaker, Alban Bagbin, the Majority and Minority Whips and the Majority and Minority Leadership; Mr Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu and Mr Haruna Iddrisu. He explained that he was informed last Friday by Mr Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzra, Member of Parliament for Ho West and Chairman of the Volta Caucus, about the sudden demise of Mrs Fugah-Avedzi when he (Speaker) enquired about the absence of the Deputy Minority Leader. When you reflect on the good days and years, you can only say, God thy will be done,” the Speaker said. Later, the Speaker and the Leadership donated GH?10,000.00 to the bereaved family to enable them to cater for other expenses of the funeral.

Source: GhanaWeb February 12, 2020 01:18 UTC