Tag Archives: KUFUOR

A former Ghanaian soldier who worked closely with Ghana’s oldest-living former president, John Agyekum Kufuor, has narrated what he said was a moment when the elderly statesman cried in front of him because he refused to return to Ghana. According to the 75-year-old man, Michael Molley, who is better known as …

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has cautioned prospective presidential candidates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the upcoming presidential primaries to show sportsmanship, and all should support the candidate who will win the primaries. “I’m confident that the NPP is a better option when it comes to governance of …

Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs has divulged details of a conversation he had with former president John Agyekum Kufuor regarding the party’s flagbearership contest ahead of the 2024 elections. The Suame MP is a proponent of the Bawumia-Alan ticket and has been seeking opinions from bigwigs of …

Former Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, has bemoaned the criticisms being levelled at ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor for his pronouncements on the current happenings in the country. Speaking in a Neat FM interview monitored by GhanaWeb, Obiri Boahen said that no member of the NPP can say …

Ghana’s former president, John Agyekum Kufuor, has said that a president should have the confidence to sack or move his appointees from their positions if it turns out they are no longer delivering on their mandates. According to the elderly statesman, it is the president’s responsibility to ensure that when …

At the invitation of the then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, Ghana’s former president, John Agyekum Kufuor, experienced something in the southeastern Asian country that forever changed his mindset about presidential tenures. Narrating how that came to be, during his engagement with the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) on …

Ghana’s oldest former president, John Agyekum Kufuor, has suggested that the tenure of office for a president or an elected government should be relooked at. According to him, the current four-year tenure is quite problematic, leaving very little room for any leader to effectively cause a major developmental change in the …

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has revealed that he is working on his autobiography but that he feels challenged because he has yet to complete it. The ‘Gentle Giant’ who was president between 2001 and 2009, became the first opposition candidate under the Fourth Republic to win the presidency. Kufuor …

Former Minister for Defence, Dr Kwame Addo-Kufuor, has been appointed as Chancellor of the Kumasi Technical University. Dr. Addo-Kufuor’s investiture is scheduled for Friday, September 30, 2022. Dr. Addo-Kufuor will become the first chancellor of the university, which was formally Kumasi Polytechnic. “Kumasi Technical University is pleased to announce the investiture …

Prof Baffuor Agyemang-Duah, a governance expert and Chief Executive of the Kufuor Foundation, has listed three ministers that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo must relieve of their positions. He cited growing public sentiment for his call for the trio to be fired amid calls for the President to conduct a …