The Member of for Salaga-South Constituency, Zuwera Mohammed Ibrahimah, delivered a heartfelt tribute in to celebrate the life and legacy of Professor Felix Israel Konotey-Ahulu, a renowned Ghanaian physician and scientist who passed away on May 27, 2025, at the age of 94.
In her statement delievered during proceedings on Monday, July 14, 2025, the MP described Prof Konotey-Ahulu as a "towering scientist" and "African intellectual giant" whose contributions to medicine, particularly in the field of sickle cell disease, left an indelible mark globally. "Mr Speaker, Prof Konotey-Ahulu's repertoire is too expansive and diverse to register in such a short tribute.
In spite of this, Mr Speaker, I intend in this short tribute, to raise my voice as a celebratory dirge to an African intellectual giant whose footprints in both science and community, echoed around the world," she told the House.
Born in 1930 in Odumase-Krobo to a Presbyterian Minister, Prof Konotey-Ahulu was a Kwegyir Aggrey distinguished Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Cape Coast and a consultant physician/genetic counsellor in London.
