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The President made the declaration whiles addressing a twenty-member delegation led by brother of the late Vice President, Jabesh Amissah-Arthur, at the Jubilee House.

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<h1>President Akufo-Addo has declared a five-day national mourning of the late</h1>

READ ALSO: <a href="http://www.pulse.com.gh/news/politics/minority-wants-akufo-addo-to-declare-national-day-of-mourning-id8573338.html" id="8baa6b95-8172-55c0-af3c-a7f4960c8402">Amissah-Arthur’s Death: </a>

He further announced that the late Amissah-Arthur will be given a full state burial.

President Akufo-Addo euglogised the personality of the deceased, describing him as a “vibrant personality in our national life who still had so much in him to give to Ghana but…the ways of the Almighty are not our ways”.

Also, a book of condolence has been opened at the Accra International Conference Centre and all Ghana High Commissions.

<a href="http://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/moree-clan-demands-body-of-the-late-amissah-arthur-id8570955.html" id="e0284a95-d310-5618-b2a0-475591f39560">The former vice president died last Friday, June 29, 2018</a>, after collapsing at the Airforce gym in Accra.

He was reportedly rushed to the 37-military hospital, but was pronounced dead upon arrival at the centre.

READ ALSO: <a href="http://www.pulse.com.gh/news/politics/stop-seeking-cheap-popularity-stan-dogbe-slams-okyenhene-id8571541.html" id="40ea2223-298e-5de9-b83b-7a44aef3ddbe">Amissah-Arthur's Death: </a>

The 57-year-old previously served as Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) before being sworn in as vice president to then-president John Mahama on August 6, 2012.

Akufo-Addo orders flags to fly half-mast for Amissah-Arthur

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