“Fine gentleman, exceptional public servant”– Akufo-Addo eulogizes Kwesi Botchwey

The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described the late Dr Kwesi Botchwey, former finance minister as a “fine gentleman and exceptional public servant.

Eulogizing the late Kwesi Botchwey in a Facebook post, Nana Akufo-Addo described Dr Botchwey as a friend added that he discharged his duties thoughtfully and with dignity.

Akufo-Addo has also extended his condolences to the Family of the late Kwasi Botchwey and also to the National Democratic Congress of which he was a prominent and much respected member.

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“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!,” Akufo Addo said in a post on Facebook.

Prof Botchwey was the finance minister during the military era of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) from 1982 to 1991.

He also served in the constitutional period of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from 1992 to 1995.

Dr. Kwesi Botchwey died at the age of 78 after a brief illness at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Saturday November 19th 2022.

Ghana | Atinkaonline.com | Vivian Adu

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