Salia Dead

THE Member of Parliament (MP) for Jirapa, Mr Edward Kojo Salia, is dead. He was 57.
The Deputy National Organiser of the NDC, Mr Yaw Boateng Gyan, who confirmed the death, however, did not give details but said “he had been sick for some time”.
Daily Graphic sources indicate that the MP died at his home at Ashaley Botwe in Accra in the afternoon of yesterday.
One of the longest-serving MPs in the Fourth Republic, Mr Salia was a Minister of State with portfolios in Communication and Roads and Transport in the Rawlings administration.
He was born to Mr Bajeluru Dorcie Salia, a farmer, and Madam Habiba Yiringsaa, a housewife, at Amasaman on June 20, 1952.
He was survived by four children and a wife.
A graduate from the University of Ghana in 1977, he advanced his education at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands, after which he attended Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
He also attended the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) from 2005 to 2007.
He has knowledge in administration, planning, analysis and business. Mr Salia also has skills in policy analysis and public speaking.
In 1977, he acquired professional training in project planning and management and in 1987-88 in public administration (Lester Peason Fellowship).
His hobbies were football, meeting people and making friends and engaging in debates and discussions.
He was a member of three parliamentary select committees — Finance, Lands and Forestry and Works, Water Resources and Housing.
The late Mr Salia was the Chairman of the Upper West Parliamentary Caucus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).