Agogo (Ash), Oct.1, GNA - President John Agyekum
Kufuor on Wednesday joined thousands of mourners
from all walks of live at the one-week
celebration of the death of Ghana's Finance and
Economic Planning Minister, Mr Kwadwo
Baah-Wiredu at Agogo in the Asante Akim North
District of Ashanti.
The mourners included Mr Ebenezer Bagyina Sakyi
Hughes, Speaker of Parliament; Members of the
Council of State; Ministers of State, Members of
Parliament, Officials from Ministries;
Departments and Agencies; leading members of the
New Patriotic Party (NPP) as well as delegations
from the other political parties in the country.
Also present were the Inspector General of
Police (IGP), Mr Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong;
Nana Kwame Akuoko Sarpong, Omanhene of Agogo
Traditional Area, and other Chiefs from the
other parts of the Region.
The two wives of the late Finance Minister and
their children were also present.
The one week celebration was peaceful with
various dance bands and musicians including Nana
Kwame Ampadu; Amakye Dede and the Police Band as
well as traditional cultural troupes and
artists, including Kofi Adu, alias Agya Koo, and
Nana Ama Mac Brown performing to the admiration
of the mourners.
There were, however, groups of young mourners,
who held placards, some of which read: "Andy is
not needed here;" "Andy is a murderer;" "Andy is
a terrorist;" and "Baa-Wiredu why at this time".
They peeped into vehicles that came to the
funeral grounds in apparent search for Mr Andy
Appiah Kubi, who contested against the late Baa-Wiredu
in the NPP Primaries, and whom they accuse of
having a hand in the demise the Late Incumbent
Member of Parliament.
President Kufuor, who was in a traditional
mourning cloth, on arrival went to greet the
90-year-old mother of the Late Baah-Wiredu and
the family.
From there he came to the funeral grounds to
greet the gathering and after sitting down for
some seconds the rain started to fall and he had
to leave.
President Kufuor presented 10 cartons of
Guinness and beer each, 30 crates of soft drinks
and two bottles of Schnapps to the bereaved
family while the Speaker of Parliament and the
Parliamentary Caucus also donated some assorted
drinks to the family.
The late Finance Minister left the country on
September 11, 2008 for a medical check-up in
Johannesburg in South Africa but died on
Wednesday September 24 2008 after a surgery. He
was 56.
BDB
