Former Information Minister John Tia is dead
A former Minister of Information, John Akologu Tia, who served under the leadership of the late John Evans Atta-Mills, has passed away.
He died in the early hours of Sunday, March 24, 2024, at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital after a brief illness.
He was 69 years old.
As an active member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Tia also served as the Member of Parliament for the Talensi Constituency in the Upper East Region for five consecutive terms from 1993 to 2012.
In 2012, he lost the parliamentary election to Robert Nachinaab Doameng Mosore of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Following his defeat, he was appointed Ghana’s Ambassador to Cuba during former President John Dramani Mahama’s administration.