News:
February 11, 2020
Leadership of Parliament on Monday 10 February 2020, mourned with Deputy Minority Leader Dr. James Kluste Averdzi in his constituency Ketu North for the loss of his wife.
In a short statement on Monday he appealed to the family of his deputy to consider changing the date of the burial of the later wife of Dr. Averdzi from March 7, 2020 to another appropriate date as leadership would be in Kumasi to commemorate the independent anniversary and have to travel back to Accra the following day.
“It is no longer Averdzi’s funeral, it has become our funeral and is our collective funeral. I, the family can re-think the date, we would stand with you and mourn with you as the wish of the institution to support one of our own”, he added.
He noted that as the incident is emotionally destabilizing, he hoped that God would give him the fortitude to accept his lost. “For he gives and takes away, we cannot question God, we hope he would give him the courage to accept things that we cannot change”.
Mr. Iddrisu recounted that the day the death occurred in the early morning when his Deputy sat by him for some reason he notice he was not feeling too strong so he turned to him and said, “Averdzi and he turned and said leader then I said take a rest and slow down; little did we know that a major setback was on its way”.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com