Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has joined a long list of people paying glowing tributes to the late Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Emmanuel Kyerematen Agyarko.

Mr Agyapong has described the late MP who died in the United States last week as a fine gentleman whose demise has saddened him greatly.

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“My friend Agyarko was a fine gentleman. In fact, may his soul rest in peace. We always meet on Tuesdays at Multimedia but he goes to Joy News and I go on Adom TV. I remember I went with him to a shoe store and he expressed willingness in buying the shoes for his son’s marriage ceremony in January.

“The last time I saw him was in September in the [United] States [of America] where he was very fit till he later told me he wasn’t too well and was going back for medical treatment,” he said on Adom TV’s morning show, “Badwam” Tuesday.

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NPP Legislator passed away last Wednesday in the United States where he had gone to seek medical care for an undisclosed medical condition.

Mr Agarko, who was married with eight children, has been the MP for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency since 2012 after he replaced the current Chief of Staff, Frema Opare as NPP’s MP for the area.

The late MP was a pharmacist and a politician born on December 10, 1957, at Odumase Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

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He had a Bachelor in Pharmacy which he obtained at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in the year 1982.

Speaking on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem Monday, Mr Agyekum Kufuor said the late Kofi Annan was created purposely to serve the world which he managed to accomplish most of them.

“Kofi Annan was a very good friend of mine whose leadership skills was exceptional. I see his legacy as very extraordinary and that which will never be forgotten. He really lived an exemplary life and I believe that opened doors for Ghana,” he said while sharing fond memories of the former global leader.

The UN Chief passed on in Switzerland on August 18, 2018, after a short illness.

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Describing the death as very shocking, the former president said he was proud of working with Kofi Annan.

He said the 80-year-old Ghanaian diplomat having served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006, revitalized the UN and gave priority to human rights.

Mr Kufuor also recognized Mr Annan’s commitment to the struggle of containing the spread of HIV in Africa and his declared opposition to international terrorism.

Kofi Annan’s work at the UN

Kofi Annan joined the UN in 1962, working for the World Health Organization’s Geneva office.

He went on to work in several capacities at the UN Headquarters including serving as the Under-Secretary-General for peacekeeping between March 1992 and December 1996.

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He was appointed as the Secretary-General on 13 December 1996 by the Security Council and later confirmed by the General Assembly, making him the first officeholder to be elected from the UN staff itself.

He was re-elected for a second term in 2001 and was succeeded as Secretary-General by Ban Ki-moon on 1 January 2007.

As the Secretary-General, Annan reformed the UN bureaucracy; worked to combat HIV, especially in Africa; and launched the UN Global Compact.