Former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has joined the way of all mortals when he passed on to eternal glory on Friday, Peacefmonline.com can confirm.
Mr. Amissah-Arthur reportedly collapsed at the Air Force Gym during a workout session and was rushed to the 37 Military Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Communications Director at the seat of Government, Jubilee House, Eugene Arhin, confirmed the news in an interview with Nana Yaw Kesseh on PeaceFm's "Kokrokoo" Morning Show.
He died at the age of 67.
Profile
Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur (29 April 1951–29 June 2018) was a Ghanaian economist, academic and politician who was the sixth Vice-President of Ghana, in office from 6 August 2012 until 7 January 2017, under President John Dramani Mahama. Previously he was Governor of the Bank of Ghana from 2009 to 2012.
He was sworn in as Vice-President on 6 August 2012, following vetting by the Parliament of Ghana. He was nominated by President John Dramani Mahama to be the vice-president a week after Mahama himself was sworn in. This followed the sudden death of John Atta Mills on 24 July 2012.
Early Life and Education
Amissah-Arthur was born at Cape Coast, the capital of the Central Region of Ghana. His mother is from the Hutchful family and his father is from the Amissah-Arthur family. Both families originated from Cape Coast. He completed his secondary education at the Mfantsipim School, where he obtained the GCE Ordinary Level in 1969 and the GCE Advanced Level in 1971. He proceeded to the University of Ghana at Legon, where he obtained the B.Sc. in 1974 and M.Sc. in 1976, both in Economics.
Economics and Consultancy
Amissah-Arthur was a research assistant at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research between 1974 and 1975. He later joined the Economics Department as a teaching assistant from 1977 to 1978, going on to become an assistant lecturer in 1979. He lectured at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana between 1980 and 1988. He has also been a lecturer at the Department of Economics, Anambra State College of Education, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria (August 1981 – July 1983). He went into politics until 1997.
He worked as a consultant for the World Bank in The Gambia. He also served as a consultant for the Netherlands' government education project in Ghana. He then worked as Senior Economist for the Sigma One Corporation in Ghana between 1998 and 2000. Between 2001 and 2002, he was on assignment for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.
Political Life
From 1983 to 1986, Amissah-Arthur served as a special assistant to the Secretary of Finance and Economic Planning, Kwesi Botchwey, in the Provisional National Defense Council government. Subsequently, he was 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 Rawlings governmentafter the establishment of constitutional rule until March 1997.
Amissah-Arthur was appointed as Governor of the Bank of Ghana in October 2009 by President John Atta Mills. He held this position until 6 August 2012, when he became Vice-President of Ghana following the death of Atta Mills.
Personal Life
Amissah-Arthur was married to Matilda Amissah-Arthur with two children. He was a Christian and was known to worship at the Calvary Methodist Church at Adabraka in Accra.
Our condolences to the bereaved family, the NDC and all associates.
May his soul rest in perfect peace!
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Mr. Serious ambulance is not for dead body it is for sick people. A hearse is a funeral vehicle used to carry a coffin from a church or funeral home to a cemetery. In the funeral trade, hearses are often called funeral coaches. This type of hearse is used to carry a dead body and few other people generally from corpse's house after final rituals to the cemetery or cremation ground. During his time as a Vice President his government ordered a vehicle used to transport general goods as ambulance because of corruption (chop-chop) thinking that they punishing Ghanaians if not because of their selfish interest and they ordered the right ambulance they could have used one to safe him. Politicians don't think of our poor medical infrastructure in our country because when they are sick they go outside our country to treat themselves. They should remember the some sickness time is of essence any delay will be very dangerous. When someone is collapsed cardiopulmonary resuscitation is needed immediately to make the heart and lungs begin to work again. If politicians think they have money so he or she can go to Europe or America to treat himself or herself, they maybe dreaming in ***barred word*** paradise Gym center must have a qualified Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) attendant especially military base gym center. Ghana is a nation of 27 million talkative, we only talk without thinking because talking is very easy to do
If you want to live long then stay away from Ghana politics or any Ghanaian politician. there is soo much evil going on in ghana politics just bcos of power. both npp and ndc are in some sort of blood covenant with the devil to be the only two parties to rule this country. no other political party can break that convenant unless the creator of heaven and earth intervenes. cant u see they are the only political parties that always have someone die just like that.
REST IN PEACE SIR.
may the soul of this noble man rest in peace. ndc be that o. if they dont have any use 4 or u are not doing what they want u to do they will take u off. b4 u get any top position in ndc u are made to sign a contract with the devil. and ur only benefit from the devil is death. stay away from ndc and its ple. u will get any amount of money u want when u join them but they will kill u at some point. A word to a wise.....
Massa; Amissah-Arthur was no politician; he was civil servant and an acadamic ; he got involved with political vipers called the NDC who a party stained by bllod from its founder JJ Rawlings ; Amissah -Arthur was WARNED BY HIS mother not to do politics and he ignored the old lady and that is why they cannot tell her of the death of her son; Jon Mahama got wind that JJ Rawlings was going to propose Amissah -Arthur to lead the NDC because that would bring some credibility into the this evil party ; Jon Mahama found some way to terminate Amissah -Arthur ;who killed Atta Mills -NOBODY KNOWS ? but Amissah -Arthur kept quiet and thought he was untaouchable but Jon Mahama WILL KILL TO LEAD THE NDC PARTY AGAIN ; DEATH IS THE OMEN OF THE NDC PARTY ; join NDC at your peril !!! ; FANTES SHOULD WALK WITH THEIR FEET ; JJ RAWLINGS SLAPPED ARKAAH : JON MAHAMA BURRIED 7 LIVE COWS AND KILLED ATTA MILLS TO CLEANSE HIS EVIL ACT : JON MAHAMA HAS DONE IT AGAIN AND KILLED AMISSAH : FANTES THINK !!!!!!; YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE IN SPIRITUALITY BUT MASSA IT EXIST
what else can we say than to wish him peaceful rest. We have always warn ple abt associating with ndc they think we are not serious. if u love ur life DO NOT JOIN NDC!!!!. I will continue to say this. they will kill u and use for a sacrifice whenever they need. ndc is a cult group and if they give a task and u did not deliver they will kill u. every ndc member knows this yet they stay in it. i just cant believe it. May the soul of the departed rest in peace.
when will the CID finish with investigations and prosecute John Ford Mahama's double salary thifs? I do hope the police are not covering the NDC double salary thifs. RIP Pee Kay.
Why did you mention Mr Amissah-Arthur's name to compete with Mahama? Have you forgotten what happened to his Uncle his Excellencies the late president Atta-Mills. Hmmmm!!!!!!!
REST IN PERFECT PEACE PEE KAY
MAHAMA NEXT TO GO ?