Mrs Baah-Wiredu back from South Africa (Spread)

Story: Lucy Adoma Yeboah
MRS Margaret Baah-Wiredu, the widow the late Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Mr Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, arrived in Accra last Saturday evening from South Africa.
Mrs Baah-Wiredu who joined her husband after the deceased had undergone a minor surgery in a South African hospital, came ahead of the body, which is expected to arrive in Accra by the end of the week.
Her decision to come early, according to a family source, was to provide her the opportunity to observe the traditional one-week celebration of the of her husband’s death, which falls on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 with other family members at Asante Akyem Agogo where they both hailed.
She was welcomed on arrival at the airport by some government officials, staff of the Finance Ministry, which her late husband had headed since 2005, some members of her family and her late husband.
When the Daily Graphic visited the house of the late minister yesterday morning, some close relatives and friends had gathered to sympathise with the widow who cried uncontrollably.
When she was asked to brief the gathering on what actually happened, Mrs Baah-Wiredu was able to give a short narration, wailing intermittently.
According to her, the condition of the late minister became critical when he was getting ready for a review at a hospital in Johannesburg and he died later in a nearby hospital.
Information gathered from some family members by the Daily Graphic indicated that they were arranging with government officials to postpone the arrival of the body, which was originally scheduled for Wednesday, October 1, to later in the week to enable the relatives finish with the one-week rites at Agogo and get back to Accra for the arrival of the body.