By Iddi
Yire, GNA
Accra, July 27, GNA – Mrs Matilda
Amissah-Arthur, the wife of the late former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe
Amissah-Arthur, bid her late husband farewell at a memorable funeral Church
Service held at the Accra International Conference Centre on Friday.
In her tribute, Mrs Amissah-Arthur said:
“Forty years and five months we lived together. A thousand tears won’t bring
you back, I know because I have cried.
“In the good times we rejoiced and thanked the
Lord. So, I have accepted this great loss and I thank God for your life and
what he used you to do.
“The way you were called by the Lord is
befitting of how you conducted yourself in life – quietly, privately and
without fuss,” she added.
She described her late husband as a simple,
honest, principled, hardworking man of integrity.
“I am very proud of you. I know that in life,
you touched so many people, so I pray that your memory will also impact and
empower generations,” Mrs Amissah-Arthur said.
Dignitaries at the service include President
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
Others were the Speaker of Parliament
Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo, former Presidents:
Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, Mr John Agyekum Kufuor and Mr John
Dramani Mahama.
The Government, in honouring the late former
Vice President, announced the renaming of the Moree Senior High School as
Amissah-Arthur Senior High School.
After the funeral service, the late
Amissah-Arthur’s mortal remains was carried on a gun-carriage and paraded
through some principle streets of Accra.
He was finally laid to rest at the new
Military Cemetery in Accra.
The late Amissah-Arthur was born on April 29,
1951 in Cape Coast to Jabesh Richmond Poorer Amissah-Arthur of blessed memory
and Madam Effie Amissah-Arthur of the Anona ebusua of Cape Coast.
He started his education at the Queen
Elizabeth Day Nursery and then went on to the Cape Coast Methodist ‘B’ Primary
School and Akim Oda Methodist School.
He entered Mfantsipim School in 1964 for his
second cycle education, and proceeded to the University of Ghana, graduating
with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics in 1974.
He was granted a University of Ghana
post-graduate scholarship in 1975 and returned to Legon as a graduate student,
earning a Master of Science degree in Economics in 1976.
The late former Vice President served in
various capacities in the public service and as Vice President of Ghana from
August 6, 2012 to January 7, 2017, during which time he focused on developing a
systematic approach to creating a viable national economy through a
nationalistic economic policy and progressive social agenda.
The late Amissah-Arthur, who died on June 29,
was survived by his wife Matilda, two children, Kwesi and Araba, and three
grandchildren.
GNA