dlApi = Object.assign(dlApi, { target: 'PULSE_NG/NEWS/WORLD', The inaugural lecture, which attracted very high local and foreign dignitaries, had H.E. The rumour about Mr Kufuors death was all over the country, with people placing calls to close contacts and media persons to authenticate the report.Various social media sites including facebook, twitter and BBM were on Sunday morning rife with speculations that the former president had passed on in a foreign hospital while other reports said he was bed-ridden with a terminal illness.Sources said the rumour started on Friday and reached its peak yesterday until Mr Kufuor broke his silence on a radio interview at midday.The report spread fast, far and wide, compelling Ghanaian residents all over the world to place phone calls back home in a quest to establish its veracity.Concerned persons however breathed a sigh of relief when the former president himself spoke to an Accra-based private radio station, Peace FM, to deny the ugly news in a telephone interview conducted by Akwasi Agyeman in Twi language. John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. The rumour about Mr Kufuor s death was all over the country, with people placing calls to close contacts. Welcome to the Pulse Community! On 23 October 1998 he was re-nominated by the New Patriotic Party not only to run again for president but also to officially assume the position of Leader of the Party.[10]. President Kufuor, Nana Owusu Afriyie IV and others at the church service. Unblock notifications in browser settings. What a great loss to Ghana and the entire black continent. It is within this context that in Africa in general and in West Africa in particular, a good neighbourliness policy has been pursued, which saw Ghana under Kufuor brokering peace in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau, among other African states. Copyright 1994 - 2023 GhanaWeb. Below are the three Industrious children if J. A lawyer and businessman, he was a minister in Kofi Abrefa Busia's Progress Party government during Ghana's Second Republic, and a Popular Front Party opposition frontbencher during the Third Republic. DX: "PV,puls,qwl68k8,7,a", According to him . noDfp: 1, Former President John Agyekum Kufuor Reports on social media on Monday, suggested the former president who was seeking medical care at Johannesburg in South Africa, died after a spine operation. !1:u(a.getAttribute("data-run-module"));return l? Tunisian President Dies Aged 92 / Tiger Power Is Dead, Kenya Strongest Man Dies At 72 Years (photos) (2) (3) (4), Trump To Meet his First African President This Tuesday, President Denis Sassou / How The Obama Administration Set Up The Muslim Ban For Trump To Execute / Trump Deploys iron Soldiers To Europe, Warns Russia Over Ukraine, Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10). !0===b(a).isRun()?c():[a]:c()}return[]}function e(a,b,c){function d(a){a=a.childNodes;for(var b=0;b Dirty Al's Restaurant In Mcallen, Camden Police Officer, Amber Heard Personality Database, Articles E