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Bawumia mourns former NPP chairman Odoi-Sykes

Samuel Odoi Sykes, a founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP: Development in Freedom) who served as National Chairman and Ghana’s High Commissioner to Canada,” Dr Bawumia wrote in a tribute.
Former Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has paid tribute to former NPP National Chairman and Minority Leader Samuel Arthur Odoi-Sykes, who died on Monday, October 5, 2026.
Mr Odoi-Sykes served as NPP National Chairman from 1998 to 2001, a period during which the party secured its first presidential victory in the Fourth Republic.
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