Ashaiman NDC Chairperson Shaddad Jallo Passes Away

• The Ashaiman Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Shaddad Umar Jallo, has been reported dead
• The constituency leader is reported to have passed away on the afternoon of Saturday, June 14, in East Legon
• Jallo was in his second term as Ashaiman chairman and was part of the NDC’s National Zongo Caucus team

The Ashaiman Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Shaddad Umar Jallo, has died.

Citi News reported that the Ghanaian politician passed away on the afternoon of Saturday, June 14, 2025, in East Legon.

He had complained that he was feeling unwell. No cause of death has been confirmed, though high blood pressure complications are suspected.

Supporters of the party in Ashaiman have been mourning Jallo. He was serving his second term as constituency chairman and was a member of the National Democratic Congress’s National Zongo Caucus Coordinating Team.

Beyond his constituency, he worked closely with the Zongo Caucus to expand support for the National Democratic Congress in Muslim communities across the country.

He was buried on Sunday, June 15, in accordance with Islamic rites. Jallo is survived by his wife and eight children.

Other notable deaths in the NDC ranks

On January 17, 2024, Mark Owen Woyongo, a former Minister of Defence, Interior, and Member of Parliament for Navrongo Central, passed away at the age of 78.

In 2008, he contested the Navrongo parliamentary elections on the ticket of the NDC, where he lost to Joseph Adda of the New Patriotic Party.

With the NDC in power at the time, he was appointed the Upper East Regional Minister by former President John Evans Atta Mills in 2009.

On October 2, 2023, the former Member of Parliament for the Ningo-Prampram, Enoch Teye Mensah, died at the age of 77.

Under various National Democratic Congress governments, he served as Minister for Youth and Sports, Minister for Employment and Social Welfare and Minister for Education.

Former Member of Parliament for the Ningo-Prampram, Enoch Teye Mensah, is one of the recent deaths within the National Democratic Congress ranks.

Former Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Sherry Ayittey, under the National Democratic Congress, passed away in 2023. Her family confirmed to the public that the Ghanaian politician and women's activist died on Saturday, July 22, but the cause of her demise was not disclosed.

In her time in politics, Ayittey served as the managing director of the Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation Distilleries. She also served on the Ghana Water and Sewerage Corporation boards (now the Ghana Water Company Limited), the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, the Ghana Forestry Commission, and the Ghana Export Promotion Council.

Afrifa Yamoah Ponko passes on

In October 2024, YEN.com.gh reported that Afrifa Yamoah Ponko, a former Chief Executive for Ejisu Municipality in the Ashanti Region, passed on.

He joined frontline partisan politics before the 2008 elections, where he was one of the strong voices for the NDC and served in various capacities.

Ponko became the Municipal Chief Executive for Ejisu until the NDC lost the 2016 election, and was known for his dedication and leadership.

Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh