Ho, Jan. 29, GNA-The mortal remains of the late Gerald Mensah Agama, a former Assistant Chief Editor of the Ghana News Agency (GNA) has been interred at the Ho Public cemetery after a burial service at his residence at Ho Ahoe.
The late Agama, 73, died on September 27, 2021 after a short illness
He started life as a pupil teacher before employed as a reporter by the New Times Corporation after graduating from the Ghana Institute of Journalism.
The late Agama resigned from the New Times Corporation after a few years and joined the GNA and was stationed in Ho.
He was transferred to the head office of the Agency in Accra and later to Aflao as the District Manager.
He was promoted to the grade of Assistant Chief Editor in 2000 and transferred back to Accra, where he worked until his retirement in 2008.
In a tribute, his children described him as gentle, kind, loving, a family man and a father to many.
Mr. Anthony B.K. Kanyi, a Deputy News Editor of the GNA and a former Volta Regional Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association in a tribute on behalf of the Association said the late Agama had mentored many young journalists adding that the Association was proud of his contribution to its growth.
Mr. Maxwell Awumah, Volta Regional Manager of GNA, in a tribute on behalf of the Agency, described him as a versatile journalist who understood the « temperature » of every story.
He said the late Agama was known for his multilingual prowess and love for beautification plants.
Rev. Patrick Kwaku Dikro, Regional Manager of Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana schools in a sermon admonished Christians not to put their hope in their wealth or status, but rather in God because life was short.
« Worldly pleasures, power or fame could not prevent us from death because it is inevitable, » he said.
Rev. Dikro intimated that the greatest legacy any man could leave behind was to love and be kind to others.
He left behind three sons.