By Iddi Yire, GNA
Accra, Nov. 13, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama has described the late Nana Kwame Akuoko Sarpong, Paramount Chief of Agogo (Agogomanhene), as a distinguished traditional leader whose contributions significantly shaped Ghana’s governance architecture.
A statement issued by the Presidency said the President, in a tribute, celebrated the late chief’s five-decade reign and his extensive contributions to law, politics and national governance.
President Mahama made the remarks when a delegation of the Agogo Traditional Council, led by the Agogomanhemaa, Nana Juaben Afrakoma Serwaa Kusi Oboadum, paid a courtesy call on him at the Presidency to formally invite him to the three-day funeral rites (dɔte yie) of the late Omanhene.
The funeral is scheduled to take place from November 24 to 26, 2026, at Agogo in the Ashanti Region.
The President noted that Nana Akuoko Sarpong served the nation in various capacities, including Secretary of Health, Secretary for the Interior and Secretary of Chieftaincy Affairs during the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) era.
He also served as a member of the Council of State during the administration of the late President John Evans Atta Mills in the Fourth Republic.
President Mahama further acknowledged the late chief’s role in the formation of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).
“We and Nana are a family. This is because he played a key role during the PNDC era into the NDC. The funeral is not only for you, but for us all. If someone serves his nation well, he deserves to be honoured,” he told the delegation, assuring a befitting funeral for him.
The President assured the delegation of the Government’s support towards a befitting funeral for the late Agogomanhene.
Agogomanhemaa Nana Juaben Afrakoma Serwaa Kusi Oboadum expressed gratitude to the President for delegating Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang to attend the one-week observance of the late chief’s passing.
She also thanked the Government for the ongoing construction of roads in Agogo and appealed for the project to be expedited and completed before the burial of the late Omanhene.
Among those present at the meeting were Dr Julius Debrah, Chief of Staff at the Presidency, and Mrs Joyce Bawa Mogtari, Special Aide and Presidential Adviser to the President.
GNA
Edited by Lydia Kukua Asamoah