Kwesi Botchwey was a 'fine gentleman, exceptional public servant' – Akufo-Addo mourns

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has eulogised the late Dr Kwesi Botchwey, former finance minister, describing him as a “fine gentleman and exceptional public servant”.
Dr Botchwey passed away at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Saturday, 19 November 2022, at the age of 78.
In a Facebook post to mourn the former finance minister, Nana Akufo-Addo who described Dr Botchwey as a friend added that he discharged his duties thoughtfully and with dignity.
The president’s post read: “The death of my good friend, Dr. Kwesi Botchwey, is a very sad development. My contemporary, in the mid-1960s, at the University of Ghana, Legon, Dr. Botchwey was a longstanding public servant, who discharged his duties thoughtfully and with dignity, and became Ghana’s longest-serving Minister for Finance and Economic Planning.
“The thoughts and sympathies of my wife, Rebecca, the First Lady, and I are with his partner, children and family. I extend my deepest condolences to them, and also to the National Democratic Congress, of which he was a prominent and much respected member. Ghana has lost a fine gentleman and exceptional public servant.
“May his soul rest in perfect peace in the Bosom of the Almighty until the Last Day of the Resurrection when we shall all meet again. Amen!”
Prof Botchwey first served as finance minister during the military era of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) from 1982 to 1991 and then in the constitutional period of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from 1992 to 1995.
Trending News
GRIDCo makes progress in USAID’s programme with more women in engineering
13:33Edem Agbana declares intent to contest Ketu North seat
10:48Re-launch: Accra FM’s ‘Citizen Show’ gets prime time slot
08:49Mahama paints gloomy image of Ghana at Chatham lecture | Says Ghana’s bankrupt
15:41Domelevo still not paid emoluments 3 years after Akufo-Addo forced him out
12:58A/R: I’ll not disappoint you if elected President – Kyerematen to Otumfuo
10:2837 Military Hospital sued for medical negligence
14:27Asiedu Nketia causing division in NDC – Koku Anyidoho
15:08DDE: Ofori-Atta has earbuds in his ears – Edgar Wiredu
12:46Accra, Kumasi have 30K printed passports uncollected – Foreign Ministry
10:29