Appiah Menka was an amazing patriot - Bawumia

Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia has eulogized the late lawyer Akenten Appiah Menka, saying the celebrated industrialist was an amazing patriot.

The late Appiah Menka, a founding member and Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Council of Elders in the Ashanti Region died Tuesday.

Paying tribute to the party stalwart, the vice president said, Appiah Menka served Ghana faithfully as a minister of state in the second Republic

Below is the full statement:

I received with great shock the death of Lawyer Akenten Appiah Menka, a great member of the Danquah-Dombo-Busia tradition.

He was truly an amazing Patriot. He served Ghana faithfully as a minister of state in the second Republic and as a member of the Constitution Review Committee under President Mills.

Nana Appiah Menka was also an industrialist whose company, Appiah Menka Complex Limited, produced the Apino soap. Indeed, GHANA has lost a great Statesman and Leader. May his gentle soul find a peaceful rest in the bosom of the Almighty God.

Thank you sir for the mark you left on humanity.