Ghana’s Former Ambassador To South Korea Is Dead

Nana Ambassador Dr Gabriel Nsiah Nketiah, (Gabby Nketiah) a former senior special aide to former President John Agyekum Kufuor has passed on.

He also served as Ambassador to Korea under President John Kufuor in 2008.

According to Mr Youngman Ernest Nsiah, a junior brother, Nana Amb. Dr Nketiah, popularly known in the political space as “Nana Gabby” died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Saturday, June 22, 2024, after a short illness.

Gabby Nketiah was 80 years old and survived by his wife and five children.

 

 

 

Mr. Youngman Nsiah officially gave the announcement of the demise of the former statesman, who was also a former envoy to South Korea, when he led some family members and elders to the Duayaw-Nkwanta Traditional Council in the Tano North Municipality in the Ahafo Region.

“Nananom, the entire families, widow, children, grandchildren wish, with all courtesies, to use this medium to inform our esteemed citizenry and respected general public of this sad news,” he stated.

He explained further arrangements for a befitting farewell “for our beloved Nana Ambassador Dr. Gabriel Nsiah Nketiah, affectionately called Nana Gabby, will be announced in due course”.

 

 

About Nana Dr. Gabriel Nsiah Nketiah

 

He was born on October 1, 1943, at Fiapre near Sunyani and has a strong Nkrumaist background as a guitarist, he was said to have occasionally performed for Ghana’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

He is an engineer and has served in both the Ghana Army and the British Army.

Nana Nsiah served as an Ambassador to South Korea in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration.

In the 2016 presidential election, the flagbearer of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), Mr Ivor Kobina Greenstreet picked Nana Gabby Nsiah Nketia as his running mate.

Gabby Nketiah was also the ‘Sompahene’ (sub-chief) of the Duayaw Nkwanta Traditional Area with the stool name Okatakyie Kwaku Nketiah.

He served the nation at various levels and was honoured with a Member of the Order of the Volta (Companion Division) and founded Ganiva Limited and its associated businesses.

Nana Amb Dr Nketiah founded the “Avengers” band while he was a serving soldier in the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) in the early 1960s which culminated in the establishment of dance bands in the army units.

He served in the GAF for 17 years until his retirement to private life.

He is married to Monica Nsiah Nketiah, and their children are David Adomako, Indira Nsiah Nketiah, Cleopatra Nsiah Nketiah, Gabriel Nsiah Nketiah and Kirpal Nsiah Nketiah.

 

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