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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
