The Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, Obuobia Darko-Opoku, has paid an emotional tribute to the late Minister of Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, on what would have been his 50th birthday, describing the milestone as painful, quiet, and deeply unfair.

In a reflective Facebook post on Boxing Day, she said the day should have been a moment of celebration but was instead heavy with grief.

Profile of the late Dr Edward Omane Boamah

"Today should have been loud. Fifty years old. Fifty reasons to pause and say thank you for your life. Instead, today is quiet and heavy.

"August still feels too close. Too unfair, too final. Yet here we are, marking a birthday for someone we should still be calling, laughing with, arguing with and planning the future with," she wrote.

According to her, turning 50 should have been a victory lap, a moment to pause and acknowledge a life lived with purpose, courage, and conviction.

"Your absence is loud. It shows up in the conversations that stop halfway, in the moments when your voice should have weighed in, in the spaces you once filled so effortlessly. You didn’t just leave memories; you left gaps. Yet even in this loss, your life refuses to be silent," Obuobia noted.

She also lauded the late Dr Omane Boamah for living boldly, standing firmly for causes bigger than himself, and loving people deeply even when it came at a personal cost.

My experience with Dr Edward Omane Boamah

Reflecting on the painful significance of the day, Obuobia said the grief is also for the future that never came; the wisdom, impact, and moments that would have followed.

"Today hurts because fifty meant more time. More wisdom, more impact, more of you, and we grieve not just the man we lost but the years we were robbed of.

"Still, on this painful milestone, we honour you. Not with cake or music, but with remembrance soaked in love and tears we don’t apologise for," she said.

Obuobia continued, "Happy 50th Birthday, Omane Boamah. You were deeply loved, you are fiercely missed and you will never, ever be forgotten."

Dr Omane Boamah passed away on August 6, 2025, when a Ghana Air Force Harbin Z-9 helicopter carrying eight people crashed into a forested mountainside at Sikaman in the Adansi Akrofuom district of the Ashanti Region.

See the post below:



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