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Service, Very Rev. Afo Blay of the Methodist Church. His grandchildren are Dinah Bondzie of the United Methodist Church, Doris Adu-Boamah, Yaw Adu-Gyamfi, Kofi Adu-Gyamfi, Herman Chinery-Hesse of Tribe Software, MaryAnn Blankson Mills, Vanessa Catherin Faddis, Dinah Blay, Jeff Paa Coleman
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Robert was actively involved in student politics. He occupied positions in various student groups. He was once president of the Union of
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and others of treason charges. In 1969, he was a speaker of the constituent assembly, which drew the constitution of the second republic. Following the outcome of the
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Secretary to Ghana Vice President, Robert Tamakloe, +more. His hobbies were lawn tennis, cricket, golf and football.
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He was married to Mrs. Dinah Blay of Cape Coast. He was the father of the
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on two occasions. He became the first president of the
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