{"id":17764,"date":"2014-05-11T08:30:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T08:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=17764"},"modified":"2014-05-11T13:11:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T13:11:55","slug":"former-vice-chancellor-ug-prof-asenso-okyere-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/former-vice-chancellor-ug-prof-asenso-okyere-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Asenso-Okyere is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere has passed on. He was 67 years old.<\/p>\n

He was on a Food and Agricultural Organisation mission outside Ghana when he died.<\/p>\n

Professor Asenso-Okyere was Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana from 2002-2006.<\/p>\n

Director of Public Affairs at the University of Ghana, Stella A. Amoa confirmed the news to citifmonline.com<\/strong> in a short statement.<\/p>\n

Professor Asenso-Okyere had considerable experience in research and advocacy on economic development issues such as food and agriculture, health and nutrition and international trade policies.<\/p>\n

Below is the statement<\/strong><\/p>\n

The family of Prof. Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere and the University of Ghana have been informed of the death of Prof. Asenso-Okyere while on an FAO mission outside Ghana.<\/p>\n

The news was broken to the University on Saturday, May 10, 2014 by officials of the FAO Office in Accra.<\/p>\n

Prof. Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere was a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana (2002-2006).<\/p>\n

The family and the University of Ghana are deeply saddened by this news.\u00a0 Further details will be provided as they become available.<\/p>\n

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Stella A. Amoa<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Director of Public Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n

May 10, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

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By: Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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