Government is to rename the Moree Senior High School in the Central Region in honour of late Vice President, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur.
Reading government’s tribute at the state-sponsored burial service for Amissah-Arthur in Accra on Friday, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said the decision to rename the school was done in consultation with the family of Amissah-Arthur.
“In consultation with his family, His Excellency the president and the government, have decided to rename Moree Senior High School to Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur Senior High School in honour of the late vice-president,” Dr. Bawumia added.
Dr. Bawumia used the opportunity to describe Amissah-Arthur as a diligent person who played his role well and left a mark on Ghana’s political landscape.
“You played your part, and you played it well. We are all human and subject to failings of the human condition, but in spite of that you did not fail to make an impression on all who came into contact with you,” Dr. Bawumia added.
Amissah-Arthur, who was Ghana’s fifth Vice President in the Fourth Republic passed away on June 29, 2018, after he collapsed at the Airforce Gym in Accra during a workout session.
Hundreds of Ghanaians gathered at the Accra International Conference Centre, where his burial service was held to pay their last respects to him.
The remains of Amissah-Arthur was subsequently buried at the military cemetery at Burma Camp 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 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.
A wife and two children survive him.
By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey/citinewsroom.com/Ghana
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Source: citifmonline.com
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