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R.R Amponsah’s funeral scheduled for next month
Audrey Micah

The late Reginald Reynolds Amponsah, popularly referred to as R.R, who passed away on June 3, 2009 at the age of 89 will on September 3, 2009 be buried at his family residence at Amakom in Kumasi. His final funeral rites will be on Saturday, September 5 at Heroes Park-Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

Before his death, R.R. Amponsah was educated at Achimota College, completing his course in 1942. Among his class mates were Victor Owusu, K.B. Asante, and Silas Duodu.

He was awarded a scholarship to Loughborough College, at Stoke on Trent in England, for further studies in pottery.

In 1954, R.R Amponsah joined the National Liberation Movement (NLM) of which he subsequently became the General Secretary. He played a leading role in the Movement for many years.

He accompanied Dr. Busia, J.A. Braimah, Paa Willie Ofori Atta to London in September 1956 to persuade the Colonial Secretary, Alan Lennox-Boyd, to visit the Gold Coast and to witness for himself the widespread demand for radical improvements in the proposed Constitution for Ghana at independence.

His purpose was to ensure that all citizens of Ghana would live in a country that seeks the goal of democracy in its governance and freedom and development for its citizens.

The late R.R Amponsah became the General Secretary of the United Party (U.P) which was formed to bring together all the parties that were opposed to the CPP.

He was appointed as the Minister for Land and Mineral Resources in the Progress Party (P.P) Government. It was he who, in the first year of the Government, announced the discovery of off-shore petroleum resources in the Saltpond area.

R.R Amponsah also played an integral role to ensure that New Patriotic Party (NPP) became the ruling government in 2000 general election.

He was among the thirty people who were invested with the honour of a Member of the Order of the Star of Ghana during the Republic Day Celebrations in 2006.

R.R was a loving and devoted husband to his wife, the former Mrs. Adelaide Amponsah. At the time of his death, they had been married for more than 55 years with 5 children



 

R.R Amponsah’s funeral scheduled for next month

Accra, Aug 24, Ghanadot - The late Reginald Reynolds Amponsah, popularly referred to as R.R, who passed away on June 3, 2009 at the age of 89 will on September 3, 2009 be buried at his family residence at Amakom in Kumasi. ...More