The deceased was also a former Army Commander and former Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States.

Lieutenant General Smith passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, and was buried on Saturday, December 23, 2023.

He was 78 years.

The venue will be The Green Park Silver Bells Gate 2. Regimanuel Gray Estates Spintex Road Accra.

The time is 9 am. prompt

Dress code. All white/Black & White

All friends and sympathisers are cordially invited

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Family sources, who confirmed his death to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Accra, said the former Upper East Regional Minister had been unwell for some time.

He died in Accra in the late hours of Wednesday, January 17, 2023.

Mr Woyongo was MP for Navrongo Central from 2012 to 2016 when he lost the seat to the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) late Joseph Kofi Addo.

He announced his retirement from politics, disclosing in December 2016 that he will not contest any political position again.

Mr Woyongo first stood for election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in the 2008 parliamentary election, winning 41.7% of the votes and losing to late Mr Adda by 1,130 votes (3.5%).

He was, however, appointed the Upper East Regional Minister by late President John Evans Atta Mills in his government in 2009.

Mr. Woyongo was retained in that position by former President John Dramani Mahama following the death of President Mills.

In 2013, he was appointed as the Minister for Defence.

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