Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, is dead.
He is reported to have died in Accra after a short illness.
Until his death, Sir John was the CEO of the Forestry Commission.
He died after testing positive for Covid-19.
He succumbed to complications of the disease while undergoing treatment at the ICU of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.