24
Mar
Former Information Minister, John Akologu Tia has passed away. Confirming the news to JoyNews, the Upper East Regional Communications Officer of the NDC, Abdallah Salifu said he died after a short illness. He revealed that Mr. Tia died at the Upper East Regional Hospital on Sunday, March 24. John Akologu Tia was a politician and former Minister for Information. He was the Member of Parliament for Talensi from January 1993 until 2012. Mr. Tia got involved in local politics in 1982 when he became the Press Secretary of the Upper East Regional Secretariat of Peoples Defense Committees/Workers Defense Committees set…