Accra, July 27, 2018//-The Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced that the government would name the Moree based Senior High Technical School in the Central Region after the late Vic President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur.
Dr Bawumia who read the government’s tribute for the late Mr Amessah-Arthur at the state funeral rite, also touted his virtues of humility, selfless, among others.
Kwesi 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 left behind a wife, two children and grandchildren.
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