Many are yet to come to terms with the sudden death of former vice president Kwesi Amissah-Arthur at the Air Force Gym in Accra last Friday.
The former Bank of Ghana Governor, according to reports, had driven himself to the gym to undertake his usual exercise routine but did not go back home.
Reports say the former vice president collapsed and died at the 37 Military Hospital, where he was rushed to following the tragic incident.
But while the family of the late statesman, supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the entire nation mourn the unexpected demise of one of the most dignified politicians in Ghana’s history, a Member of Parliament is asking for a further probe into the incident.
The Adaklu MP, Kwame Agbodza says the manner in which the health system failed the former vice president at the military installment is unacceptable.
He also claims that the comment by Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, on a pro-government social media platform soon after the death is suspicious.
He questioned circumstances leading to the tragic incident asking “what were the issues around it, who did he go there with, who were the people there, when the thing happened what was the protocol," he told Joy News.
He added “It just doesn’t add up that the vice president will go to a gym and things like this will happen…an air force gym is not a small installation…I just think that the things don’t add up and we need better information about this,” the MP stressed.
Therefore, he wants a committee, comprising of top medical and security officials set up by Parliament to investigate circumstances leading to the death of Mr Amissah-Arthur.
“Let’s have an inquiry. If you invite people to your house and one of them is seriously injured, the police can question you to just update them on what happened at the location, so that they can find out whether it is a normal accident or someone attempted hurting the person."
“And when we have a vice president, as we are told, going into that kind of problem at a military installation like that, I think it is important to get better information than just tell us that he collapsed while training and we threw him at the back of a pickup and took him to the hospital,” he added.
Mr Agbodza is however not in favour of government-appointed officials on the committee. He wants only people who are “independent minded” to be part of it.
The MP also chastised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for failing to declare a state of mourning, as is always done for high ranking government officials.
He is sad that although the President was one of the first to issue a statement about the death, no other respectful step was taken in honour of the late former vice president.
Source: jfm/ghana
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WHAT DID AMISSAH -RTHUR SAY WHEN PV OBENG DIED AT A PETROL STATION WITH NO AMBULANCE TO TAKE HIM HOSPITAL: WHAT DID AMISSAH -ARTHUR SAY WHEN ATTA MILLS DIED :WHAT DID THIS SELFISH MAN SAY WHEN ALHAJI BATURE DIED WITHOUT ANY HELP WITH MEDICAL ATTENTION FROM HOME TO HOSPITAL : WHAT CONTRIBUTION DID HE MAKE TO HELP GET PROPER AMBULANCE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICE : THIS MAN JUST KEPT QUIET BECAUSE HE WAS AMBITIOUS AND TOWED THE LINE TO GET TO POSITION OF VEEP !!!!!
The NDC party don't like fanties.From Mr Ackaah to Mills and now Amissah Arthur.
Please Hon MP what do you want the committee to do? To investigate why the Former VP died and then what? Ghana does not have money to spend on things that are ***barred word***. The fact that you are MP does not mean you should be talking by heart.
What is this educated illiterate saying? Lets investigate the death of the ff PV Obeng, Atta Mills, Alhaji Bature etc may God give them good rest. Why do politicians want to create confusion among the population all the time. NDC was in power for 8yrs and the bought us defective ambulances for millions of euros. Those who bought those fake ambulances should be prosecuted immediately because they are criminals with pen.
SO Amissah-Arthur's death do not add up SO WHAT !!!!; because ordinnary people die all the time and are carried in taxis and private cars did Amissah say anything about it -NO THE MAN KEPT QUIET ALL THE TIME !!!!!; what did he do or say when PV Obeng and Atta Mills died ;what did he do to question the importy of fake ambulances into the country -NOTHING !!!!! the greedy bastard with his loaded account in London kept quiet ; so if he is dead who cares and things do not add up who CARES about this BASTARD who because of greedy and wicked nature kept qquiet when he was in government he thought he was immune from death ; Amissah -Arthur got involved with NDC vipers and got killed ; MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE !!! ; people DIE ALL THE TIME GHANA So the death of this selfish bastard does not mean anything to Ghanaian besides as an economist what did do because the mere acquisition of paer qualifications does not mean anything to anybody ;WHAT DID HE DO TO HELP GHANA !!!!as aeconomist -NOTHING he joined the NDC to still our monies andd hid it LONDON !!!!
Ghana is a fail state under this unscrupulous government of Akufu Addo) He is nothing but a dictator. He is following the steps of Trump, that won't work. He must just wait and see his end time. And Rawlings as a halfcast is following him cos he is scared he will go to jail of his wrong doing. As for his wife, she is a big stuuupid woman
It add up paaa aaa. Do you know the number f Ghanaians who have been paying you people with our hard earn income for you to work and nothing comes out of it? because it was him it does not add up. I spent over 48 hours combing Accra last year looking for a place to dilate my Dad who suddenly had kidney failure and couldn't get until he died. so this add up eh? May this happen to all our political elite for them to know how it feels...***barred word***!
These same people don't want us to investigate the death of Attah-Mills. Ironic!!!!!
If there is any investigation to be done it must be first come, first serve, president Atta Mill dead should be investigated first before vice president because both of them come from central region and besides late Atta Mill was a siting and he died in his office, they did used ambulance to transport him to 37 hospital. Afeter his dead 7 grave was dug for one body, 7 cows were handover ghana madical school at his grave side by president Mahama
MY PROBLEM IS WHY WAS HE TROWED INTO THE BACK OF A PICK UP N NOT ALLOWED TO SEAT INSIDE THE VEHICLE IF THEY CLAIMED NOT DEAD AT THAT TIME? SO WHERE WERE HIS LAND CRUISER AT THAT TIME OR THE OKYEHEHI'S CAR TO PICK HIM. I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND OOOH.