President John Agyekum Kufuor on Saturday made his maiden flight on the refurbished Fokker 28 Presidential Jet from Accra to Kumasi.
President Kufuor, on a two-day official visit to Kumasi accompanied on the flight by Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku, Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Edward Osei Kwaku, Minister of Youth and Sports, Madam Hawa Yakubu, Minister of Tourism and Miss Elizabeth Ohene, Minister of State at the Presidency.He was piloted by Group Captain Julius Okyere.
President Kufuor arrived in Kumasi to attend a Special congregation by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), to confer an honorary Doctorate Degree of Literature on the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu 11.
Later during the day, President Kufuor would attend the Speech and Prize-Giving Day of Prempeh College, his Alma Matar.
On Sunday, President Kufuor would join Moslems to worship at the Central Mosque at Asawasi to celebrate the Eid-Ul-Fitr.
On arrival at the Kumasi aerodrome, President Kufuor was met on the gangway by Mr. Sampson Kwaku Boafo, Ashanti Regional Minister, before he inspected a Guard of Honour mounted by officers and men of the Fourth Battalion, Kumasi.
The Fokker 28, was purchased during the reign of the National Redemption Council (NRC) under the late General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, and was this year sent to Holland for refurbishment.
It was returned to the country last month but the actual amount of the refurbishment has not been made known.
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Saturday made his maiden flight on the refurbished Fokker 28 Presidential Jet from Accra to Kumasi.
President Kufuor, on a two-day official visit to Kumasi accompanied on the flight by Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku, Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Edward Osei Kwaku, Minister of Youth and Sports, Madam Hawa Yakubu, Minister of Tourism and Miss Elizabeth Ohene, Minister of State at the Presidency.He was piloted by Group Captain Julius Okyere.
President Kufuor arrived in Kumasi to attend a Special congregation by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), to confer an honorary Doctorate Degree of Literature on the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu 11.
Later during the day, President Kufuor would attend the Speech and Prize-Giving Day of Prempeh College, his Alma Matar.
On Sunday, President Kufuor would join Moslems to worship at the Central Mosque at Asawasi to celebrate the Eid-Ul-Fitr.
On arrival at the Kumasi aerodrome, President Kufuor was met on the gangway by Mr. Sampson Kwaku Boafo, Ashanti Regional Minister, before he inspected a Guard of Honour mounted by officers and men of the Fourth Battalion, Kumasi.
The Fokker 28, was purchased during the reign of the National Redemption Council (NRC) under the late General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, and was this year sent to Holland for refurbishment.
It was returned to the country last month but the actual amount of the refurbishment has not been made known.
