President Attends Bishop Owusu's funeral

President John Agyekum Kufuor arrived in Sunyani this morning to attend the burial and funeral rites of the late Right Reverend James Kwadwo Owusu, Catholic Bishop of Sunyani.

The presidential jet carrying the President and his entourage touched down at exactly 9.10 A.M. The President inspected a guard of honour mounted by 90 officers and men of the Third Garrison in Sunyani under the command of Major George Agbe.

Mrs Cecilia Bannerman, Minister of Manpower Development and Employment and Mr Gabby Nketsiah, Personal Assistant to the President, were among the entourage.

At the airport to welcome the President were the First Lady, Mrs Theresa Kufuor, Mr J.H. Mensah, Senior Minister and Member of Parliament for Sunyani East, Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, Minister of Education, Mr Kwadwo Adjei-Darko, Minister of Mines and MP for Sunyani West and Mrs Anna Nyamekye, Deputy Minister of Environment and Science who had arrived earlier to participate in the wake keeping for the late bishop on Wednesday night.

Others were Mr Ernest Debra, Brong Ahafo Regional Minister and his deputy, Mr Yaw Adjei Duffour, Brigadier George Ayiku, General Officer Commanding the Northern Command, Monsignor Joseph Marfo Gyima of the Sunyani Diocese, The Very Reverend Osei Agyeman, Administrator of the Sunyani Diocese and The Very

Reverend Stephen Adu Kweni, Vicar General of the Accra Archdiocese.