[ 2016-11-18 ]

Former GBC boss Eva Lokko laid to rest
The mortal remains of Madam Eva Lokko, running
mate to Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom and the Progressive
People’s Party (PPP) in the 2012 general
elections, has been laid in state at the forecourt
of the State House.

The funeral is being organised by the State.eva-2

Dr. Nduom, also the 2016 presidential candidate of
the PPP, his running mate and some other party
functionaries are at the venue to pay their last
respect to the former Director of the Ghana
Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).

Some members of the public, family relatives and
sympathisers are also present to pay their last
respect.eva-3

Madam Lokko, until her demise on Thursday, October
6, 2016, was the parliamentary candidate of the
PPP for the Korle Klottey constituency.

She passed away in the United States of America
where she had been flown for medical treatment.

What led to her sudden demise is still
unknown.eva-4

Madam Eva, as she was affectionately called, was
an engineer who rose to become the first female
Managing Director of the Ghana Broadcasting
Corporation. In 2012, she entered frontline
politics when she accepted the nomination to
become Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom’s Running Mate in
the 2012 Presidential Election. She was looking
forward to the December 2016 Parliamentary
Elections, eager, to contest, win, and represent
the people of Osu Klottey Korle in the next
Parliament of Ghana.eva-5

She worked in over forty countries across the
world in various capacities and served as regional
programme coordinator of the UNDP initiative for
internet development in Africa.

She also served as chairperson of the UN
Federation of International Civil Servants
Association and the United Nations Staff Council
and was a member of the UNDP News Advisory
Board.eva-6

She had a profound passion for youth empowerment
and development and this passion found expression
in the NGO – Totally Youth – she founded. She
was of the firm belief that the dignity of the
youth is largely rooted in enterprise and work.
Hence, her continuous push for job creation and
job opportunities for the youth, a belief she
fought for until her untimely death.

Source - Kasapafm

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