The former vice president Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur’s wife, Mrs. Matilda Amissah Arthur, has admitted that she frequently suggested that he step down from his role as vice president of Ghana.
She claimed that despite many requests for him to resign, she never did because she understood the value of his voice in the government and the potential void that his resignation might cause.
“Many times, many times, but after I said that (he should resign), I realized that if he goes out, who will say the kind of things he says, so he should be there even if he is not listened to, say it, and make a difference,” Matilda said in a statement to Joy News on June 29, 2023, to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the death of her husband.
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“I believe that if you are the only person who is doing the right thing in a place, not just politics, anywhere and you are the only person, don’t be discouraged, stay there and do the right thing, say the right thing, make a difference and it will impact, even if it has an impact on one person, you have done your job.”
She claimed that Amissah Arthur’s participation in politics was essential to promoting just causes and ensuring that the nation was headed in the right direction.
On June 29, 2018, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur passed away after collapsing at the Airforce Gym in Accra while working out.
He was taken rushed to the 37 Military Hospital and then pronounced dead.
The economist, academic, and politician, who was born on April 29, 1951, served as Ghana’s sixth vice president under former leader John Mahama from August 6, 2012, until January 7, 2017.
From 2009 to 2012, he held the position of Governor of the Bank of Ghana.
