Death & Politics: How Ghana Mourns State Officials

Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, affectionately known as Sir John was a politician and a Ghanaian Lawyer. Born in 1957, he attended Konongo Odumase Senior High School and continued his tertiary education at University of Ghana. He decided to pursue Law at the Ghana School of Law where he studied to become a lawyer. He served as a General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Before his demise, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Forestry Commission of Ghana. He had a state burial.