The final funeral rites for the former First Lady Theresa Kufuor will take place at the forecourt of the state house today, November 16, 2023.
Several high-profile dignitaries are expected to be present at the solemn ceremony.
The funeral rites would continue in Kumasi on November 18 after which she would be laid to rest on November 19, 2023.
A Requiem Mass was held on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, in honour of late former First Lady.
The event was held at the Christ the King Catholic Church, Cantonments, Accra.
Theresa Kufuor, the wife of former President John Agyekum Kufuor, died at her home in Peduase surrounded by her family on Sunday, October 1. She was 87.
Her one-week celebration was held at Peduase in the Eastern Region on Wednesday, October 11, 2023.
Personal life
Theresa married John Kufuor when he was at age 23 after they met at a Republic Day Anniversary Dance in London in 1961. They got married in 1962. She has five children with John Kufuor, former president of Ghana, J. Addo Kufuor, Nana Ama Gyamfi, Saah Kufuor, Agyekum Kufuor and Owusu Afriyie Kufuor. She is a mother of five, and a grandmother of eight. She is a devout Roman Catholic.
Despite being the first lady of Ghana for eight years between 2001 and 2009, she has managed to maintain a low profile in the political arena. In 2007 she pushed for policy changes in the Government’s white paper on Educational Reforms towards the implementation of UNESCO‘s Free compulsory universal basic education (FCUBE) program for kindergarten children.
She founded the Mother and Child Community Development Foundation (MCCDF), a non-governmental organisation operating in Ghana and Canada that supports work in prevention of mother to child transmission.