The Vice-President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has returned to the country after seeking medical attention from the United Kingdom (UK).
She arrived around 4 p.m. yesterday aboard a private jet.
The President, John Dramani Mahama, and the First Lady, Lordina Mahama, the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah; the Chief of Staff at the Office of the Vice-President, Alex Segbefia; the Senior Presidential Advisor, Governmental Affairs, Dr Valerie Sawyerr, the Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minister of Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, the Minister of Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, Minister of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, and other government officials welcomed her at the Kotoka International Airport.
Julius Debrah (left), Chief of Staff, welcoming the Vice-President back home while President Mahama (right) looks on
Also at the airport were the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana, Most Rev. Prof. J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, the Chief Executive Officer of Stratcom Africa, Esther Cobbah, who handed a bouquet of natural flowers to the Vice-President, and family members of Prof. Opoku-Agyemang.
President Mahama and the government officials hosted the Vice-President at the Jubilee Lounge of KIA for a brief interaction.
In brief remarks, Vice-President Opoku-Agyemang thanked Ghanaians for their prayers and sent her appreciation to doctors and the medical staff at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC).
The Vice-President also celebrated President Mahama and his younger brother, Ibrahim Mahama, for their support, thoughtfulness and care.
Background
On Sunday, March 30, this year, the Spokesperson to the President and Minister of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, reported that the Vice-President received treatment at UGMC the previous day due to a sudden illness that occurred after work on Friday, March 28.
President John Mahama (middle), Lordina Mahama, (7th from right) and some ministers and other dignitaries with Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang (arrowed), the Vice-President
The release said based on expert medical opinion, she would be seeking further care abroad and, therefore, wished the Vice-President a speedy recovery.
The Vice-President subsequently took a medical leave from April 7 this year, during which she sought medical treatment abroad.
On Sunday, May 11, this year, President Mahama visited Prof. Opoku-Agyemang in London and reported that she had recuperated well and would soon return to the country.
