Updates? 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. Ghana's ex-President Kufuor is dead Mr. John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor, the former civilian President of Ghana, is dead. The former President of the Republic of Ghana, John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor is reported dead in Johannesburg, South Africa this morning following surgical operation on his spine. }); The ex-presidents also unveiled a plaque on 22 September 2011 for the Kufuor Presidential Library and Museum at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, which formed part of the John A. Kufuor Foundation. .then(function (registration) { [25], President Kufuor's good governance policy led to Ghana obtaining a record $500million grant from the U.S Millennium Challenge Account for economic development. In July 2009, Kufuor became a member of the SNV Netherlands Development Organization International Advisory Board to contribute his expertise to the organization's poverty reduction work. adsNoBanner: 1, The Investiture of was held in January 2018. In the following year, he was called to the bar in Ghana before going on to Oxford University graduating from Exeter College, in 1964. He was also Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008. The Office of former President John Kufuor has refuted reports in some section of the media suggesting the supposed death of former first lady, Theresa Kufuor. were laid to rest at the Royal Mausoleum at Dabaa, near Kumasi, last Saturday evening. Kufuor was re-elected in presidential and parliamentary elections held on 7 December 2004, earning 52.45% of the popular vote in the first round and thus avoiding a run-off,[12] while at the same time Kufuor's party, the New Patriotic Party, was able to secure more seats in the Parliament of Ghana.[13]. Tunisian President Dies Aged 92, Tiger Power Is Dead, Kenya Strongest Man Dies At 72 Years (photos), www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/ghanas-ex-president-kufuor-dead/, 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. This socio-economic vision was encapsulated in the Five Priority Areas Programme, viz., the pursuit of good governance, modernisation of agriculture for rural development, private sector participation, enhanced social services and vigorous infrastructure development. Kufuor and his family belong to the Roman Catholic Church. Even the children who were born on the day the Kufuor led NPP took power know this, let alone the rest of us Octogenarians. Horst Khler, former president of Germany, as its guest speaker. Welcome to the Pulse Community! Performance & security by Cloudflare. THE MORTAL remains of Madam Josephine Adutwumwaa Kankam, popularly called Auntie Adwoa ? "I have gone through all these periods and I have come to the conclusion that perhaps, what our constitution should have, is to temper the extremes of our democracy. Copyright 1994 - 2023 GhanaWeb. g}}}function r(a,b){null===s?d(3):A(a,b,24.1)&&(0