Sam Pee Yalley Dies: NDC Figures Mourn Passing Of Former Mahama Appointee

• Sam Pee Yalley, a former appointee during the 2013 Mahama administration passed away on April 6 after a short illness
• National Democratic Congress Dean of Communicators Richard Kirk-Mensah confirmed Yalley's passing to YEN.com.gh
• The NDC communications director, Sammy Gyamfi, called the passing of the former commissioner heart-wrenching

Sam Pee Yalley, a former High Commissioner to India under the 2013 John Mahama administration, has died after a short period of illness.

The National Democratic Congress Dean of Communicators Richard Kirk-Mensah confirmed Yalley's passing to YEN.com.gh on April 6, 2025.

"Western region is bereaved. Rest well, Ambassador Sam Pee Yalley," Kirk-Mensah noted.

Some figures in the NDC have been expressing their grief following the news of the former commissioner's passing.

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, was among the first to express condolences, calling Yalley a brother and a friend.

"Ambassador Yalley was a champion of professionalism in politics and a key figure in our party’s development."

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The NDC communications director, Sammy Gyamfi, called the passing heart-wrenching in a post on Facebook.

"A great man has fallen; a man who gave his all for the cause of the NDC. Heart-wrenching it is. Rest thee well in the bosom of your maker, Ambassador Sam Pee Yalley. You shall forever remain in our hearts."

Yalley's death comes some three years after the passing of his wife, Patience Bentil.

Her funeral was held in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipal Assembly in August 2022.

Other notable NDC deaths in NDC ranks

On January 17, 2024, Mark Owen Woyongo, a former Minister of Defence, Interior, and MP for Navrongo Central, died at 78 years old.

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 President John Evans Atta Mills in his government in 2009.

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

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

Former Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Sherry Ayittey under the NDC 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.

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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