Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has paid his final respects to Isaac Bampoe Addo, former Executive Secretary of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG), and offered condolences to the family following his death.
The funeral for Dr Bampoe Addo and his twin brother, Sidney Nii Oko Akuetteh Bampoe Addo, was held at the Forecourt of the State House in Accra on Saturday, November 7.
Sidney, a deputy director at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, died on Monday, September 14, aged 59. Isaac was also 59.
A message shared on Parliament’s Facebook page said the Speaker and the parliamentary community were mourning alongside the family and the nation.
“The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Alban S.K. Bagbin, and the parliamentary community mourn with the family and the nation. May the departed rest in perfect peace,” it said.
President John Dramani Mahama also paid tribute to the brothers in a message published in the funeral brochure under the heading “Tribute by the President and People of Ghana”.
“They came into the world together and left it within weeks of each other. For their family the loss is doubled. For the nation, it is the loss of two men who gave their working lives to public service,” he wrote.
Mahama recalled Dr Bampoe Addo’s contribution to the Public Services International conference, held in Accra in November 2025. He said delegates from Africa and the Arab world respected his negotiating approach and his commitment to good faith.
The president said Dr Bampoe Addo had campaigned for improved working conditions, negotiated salaries and allowances, helped secure pensions, and established welfare and housing schemes for public servants.
In May, CLOGSAG said the government still owed 11 months of second-tier pension contributions.
Mahama also highlighted Sidney’s work in providing data on crop production, prices and the national food supply. He said that information had helped shape government policy.
“Every government needs both: a workforce that is respected, and decisions grounded in evidence,” Mahama wrote.
The funeral brought together tributes to two public servants whose careers were spent supporting Ghana’s public administration and national development.
