{"id":408599,"date":"2018-03-10T13:45:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T13:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=408599"},"modified":"2018-03-10T13:46:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T13:46:25","slug":"late-k-b-asante-goes-home-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=408599","title":{"rendered":"Late K.B. Asante goes home [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The funeral ceremony for late senior citizen and retired diplomat Kwaku Baprui Asante, popularly known as K.B. Asante, has been held in a solemn event at the forecourt of the State House.<\/p>\n

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Family members, friends, loved ones, politicians, people from academia and all walks of life trooped to the venue to pay their last respects to the late K.B. Asante.<\/p>\n

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Wife of KB Asante, Mrs. Matilda Asante being escorted to her seat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former president, Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings; National Chairman of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Prof. Edmund Dele; A member of the Council of State, Sam Okudzeto, among others were all present at the event.<\/p>\n

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Several tributes to the late professor were read, eulogising him and his work as a diplomat.<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2026We had a professional relationship that developed into a deep friendship. We\u2019ve been together for over sixty years and shared precious moments and challenges. Our last weekend together was special, and your passing was a shock. I miss you so much. Fare thee well,\u201d the wife of KB Asante, Matilda Asante said in her tribute.<\/p>\n

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KB Asante’s wife reading a tribute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Prior to the final funeral rites today, Saturday, a mass requiem was held yesterday, Friday at the All Saints Anglican church at Adabraka where he fellowshipped when he was alive.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the K.B. Asante\u2019s family is expected to hold a private burial for him.<\/p>\n

K.B. Asante died on January 22, 2018 in Accra at age 93.<\/p>\n

About K.B. Asante<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born on March 1, 1924, K.B. Asante was the Secretary to\u00a0Ghana\u2019s First President Dr.\u00a0Kwame Nkrumah, and served under a number of Heads of States in Ghana.<\/p>\n

He also served as the Principal Secretary at African Affairs Secretariat from 1960 to 1966.<\/p>\n

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He became Ghana\u2019s Ambassador to Switzerland and the United Nations Offices in Geneva, and the UN establishment in Vienna, and also the Ambassador to Australia from 1967-72.<\/p>\n

He also served as the Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Economic Community from 1976-1978.<\/p>\n

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Life in politics<\/strong><\/p>\n

K.B. Asante retired from the Civil Service in 1978, to form the Social Democratic Front to contest the 1979 election where his party won three parliamentary seats in that election.<\/p>\n

He was the Secretary for Trade and Tourism in the Provisional National Defence Council\u00a0(PNDC) administration in 1982, and later Secretary for Education and Culture from 1986 to 1990.<\/p>\n

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Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

K.B. Asante attended\u00a0Achimota School where he later taught mathematics from 1945 to 1948, before proceeding to\u00a0Durham University\u00a0in Britain, where he obtained a BSc Mathematics in 1952.<\/p>\n

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He also became a member of the Institute of Statisticians in 1953, before again returning to\u00a0Achimota College, where he continued teaching mathematics from 1953 to 1955.<\/p>\n

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