Joy News is learning that former Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has died.
Mr. Amissah-Arthur is reported to have collapsed at the Air Force Gym early Friday, June 29, 2018, and was rushed to the 37 Military Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
This story is developing.
Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur (born 29 April 1951) was a Ghanaian economist, academic, and politician who 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 sworn in as Vice-President on 6 August 2012, following vetting by the Parliament of Ghana. He was nominated by President John Dramani Mahama to be the vice-president a week after Mahama himself was sworn in. This followed the sudden death of John Atta Mills on 24 July 2012.
Source: myjoyonline.com