The late former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, will be buried on Friday, 27 July 2018.
The family announced this at the one-week memorial church service held for him at the Ridge Church in Accra on Friday, 6 July 2018.
[ads1]The government has announced a full state burial for the late Vice President.
There will be no wake-keeping.
The body will lie in state at the main hall of the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) from 5:00 am to 9:00 am, followed by burial service from 9:00 am to midday at the same venue.
Amissah-Arthur died on 29 June 2018.
He collapsed at the Airforce Gym during a workout session and was rushed to the 37 Military Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Amissah-Arthur was the sixth Vice President of Ghana, in office from 6 August 2012 until 7 January 2017, under President John Dramani Mahama. Previously, he was Governor of the Bank of Ghana from 2009 to 2012.
He was nominated by Former President John Dramani Mahama to be vice president a week after Mahama himself was sworn in. This followed the sudden death of President John Atta Mills on 24 July 2012.
He was sworn in as Vice President on 6 August 2012, following vetting by Parliament.
