MFWA Commiserates With Presidential Press Corps Accident Victims

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Obituaries MFWA Commiserates With Presidential Press Corps Accident Victims

AUG 22, 2015 LISTEN

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is saddened by the death of Ghanaian Times reporter, Samuel Nuamah, in the tragic accident involving the Presidential Press Corps returning from an official assignment in the Volta Region on August 20,2015.

Samuel Nuamah was one of the finest professionals in Ghanaian journalism. His untimely death is therefore an irreparable loss.

The Foundation is equally grieved by the injuries sustained by the other journalists involved.

Our deepest condolences go to the bereaved family, the New Times Corporation and the Ghanaian media fraternity as a whole. Our prayers are also with the surviving victims and we wish them a speedy recovery.

Issued by the MFWA in Accra on August 21, 2015.

The MFWA is a regional independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Accra. It was founded in 1997 to defend and promote the rights and freedom of the media and of expression.