MORTAL REMAINS OF DABO LAID TO REST (PAGE 17)

The mortal remains of a former District Commissioner in the First Republic, Mr Johnson Robert Kwadwo Dabo, have been laid to rest at Kadjebi in the Volta Region.
The late Dabo was the first District Commissioner for the Buem–Krachi area which stretched from Jasikan to Kete-Krachi but now re-demarcated into Jasikan, Kadjebi, Nkwanta-North, Nkwanta-South, Krachi-East, Krachi-West and Biakoye districts.
Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at the forecourt of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church at Kadjebi last weekend to pay their last respect to the late Dabo who was described as a “superb organiser, excellent in accounting and a philanthropist”.
In a tribute, the Omanhene of Kadjebi-Akan traditional area, Nana Ogyeabour Akompi Finam II (Order of the Volta), said the late Dabo was a tireless advocate of family unity and togetherness, and that for the district and beyond, his paramount objective was to ensure the sustenance and promotion of the greater interest of the area.
A former minister of Foreign Affairs, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Obed Yao Asamoah, said the late Dabo was humble, reasonable and affable, and that what was more impressive about him was the selfless resolve to dare to support a cause he believed in irrespective of the odds and whatever the cost to himself.
Another tribute by an Accra-based legal practitioner, Mr S.K. Osei-Nyame, described him as a man of many parts and accomplishments, adding that he was a good man, pure and true.
A former Minister of the Interior, Mr Kwamena Bartels, said although they belonged to different political camps they respected each other’s principles and ideologies and even sometimes shared strategies.
The Managing Director of ARB Apex Bank, Mr Eric Osei-Bonsu, said the death had deprived the people of Kadjebi of a steely and resolute personality, a great man of wisdom and of political distinction.
The General Assembly Council of E.P Church, in a statement described him as a counsellor, a good organiser and a team player.