Former President John Dramani Mahama has remembered his late former Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur who died on June 29, 2018, after a short illness at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra.
Mr Mahama honoured an invitation to participate in the 2nd Kwesi Amissah-Arthur Economic Forum at the University of Ghana on Friday, June 30.
He said it was an outstanding event.
The discussions were insightful and informative after a presentation by Dr KY Amoako on the prospects and future of the Ghanaian economy.
“The late Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, Vice President of Ghana, Governor of the Bank of Ghana and Deputy Minister for Finance, contributed to developing our economic and development policies over many decades.
“I look forward to continuing to work towards a brighter and better future for Ghana’s economic growth and development.”
Before becoming Veep in August 2012, he was Governor of the Bank of Ghana from 2009 to 2012.
From 1983 to 1986, Amissah-Arthur served as a special assistant to the Secretary of Finance and Economic Planning, Kwesi Botchwey under the Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC) government.
He also served as the Deputy Secretary for Finance in the PNDC government from February 1986 to March 1993.
From April 1993, he continued as the Deputy Minister for Finance in the under the Fourth Republic’s first government until March 1997.
Mr. Amissah-Arthur was appointed as Governor of the Bank of Ghana in October 2009 by then-President John Atta Mills.
He held that position until August 6 2012, when he became Vice-President of Ghana following the death of Atta Mills.