NPP mourns Frimpong-Ansah, de Graft Johnson

Accra (Greater Accra) 27 April ?99

The New Patriotoc Party (NPP) on Monday expressed its sympathies to the families of the Dr J.W.S. de Graft Johnson , former vice-president, and Dr J.H Frimpong-Ansah, former governor of the Bank of Ghana, both of whom died in London last week.

A statement said it learned with profound shock the death of the two men, adding that their passing away "is a blow to Ghana."

The statement said "under the current regime, their considerable experiences and weighty talents remained regrettably unused."

It said Dr de Graft Johnson was an innovator in Building and Road Research at the engineering faculty of University of Science and Technology, where he also taught.

It said he was forced to spend several years in exile as a result of the early "vicious activities" of PNDC cadres against political leaders of the time, especially the government of the PNP, which the PNDC overthrew.

The statement said Dr Frimpong-Ansah was a "relatively young economist when he took over as governor of the Bank of Ghana."

" He was a self-effacing man, who commanded the respect of those who came to know him."