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Ghanaians today paid their last respects to Dr Emmanuel Evans-Anfom at a state funeral at the forecourt of the State House in Accra.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, as well as the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, were in attendance to bid farewell to the national icon who was the second Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the first President of the Ghana Medical Association.
It was a solemn event with various tributes eulogising the surgeon, academic and statesman, who was born in 1919 and died this year, for all his contributions to the advancement of health care and the development of the country.
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A pre-burial Service has been held in honour of Dr Emmanuel Evans-Anfom, a surgeon, academician and statesman who died on April 7, 2021 in Accra.
The service was conducted by the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Osu Ebenezer Congregation, at the behest of the Osu Salem Presbyterian Old Boys Association.
Dr Evans-Anfom was the only surviving old boy among those who enrolled in the early days of the school in the late 1800s.
In attendance were his family members the congregation as well as current and old boys of the school, also referred to as Osu Salem Boys School.
The occasion was marked with singing of hymns by various singing groups of the church while tributes were read by persons whose lives were impacted by Dr Evans-Anfom who was also an active member of the church.