Amissah-Arthur buried today

• Posted on July 27, 2018
• by Ellsamwise King
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The late former Vice President, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur will be laid to rest today after a state funeral.

President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to be present along with the nation’s former presidents and other statesmen.

A memorial service has also been scheduled for him at the Calvary Methodist Church, Adabraka in Accra on Sunday, July 29, 2018, from 7:30 am to 9:00 am.

The two-day state funeral ceremony which commenced on Thursday at the Accra International conference center has so far seen hundreds of Ghanaians throng the Conference Centre to pay their last respects to the former Vice President who was laid in state.

The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Marfo on Thursday led a government delegation to pay their last respects to the late former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur.

Amissah-Arthur died on June 29, 2018, after he collapsed at the Airforce Gym in Accra during a workout session.

He is expected to be buried at the military cemetery in Accra.

About Amissah-Arthur

Before becoming Vice President in August 2012, he was Governor of the Bank of Ghana from 2009 to 2012.

From 1983 to 1986, Amissah-Arthur served as a special assistant to the Secretary of Finance and Economic Planning, Kwesi Botchwey under the Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC) government.

He also served as the Deputy Secretary for Finance in the PNDC government from February 1986 to March 1993.

From April 1993, he continued as the Deputy Minister for Finance in the under the Fourth Republic’s first government until March 1997.

Mr. Amissah-Arthur, 67, was appointed as Governor of the Bank of Ghana in October 2009 by then-President John Atta Mills.

He held that position until August 6, 2012, when he became Vice-President of Ghana following the death of Atta Mills.

He is survived by a wife and two children.

Source: CNR