2nd John Kofi Turkson Memorial Lecture
The lecture, titled “Electricity for All in Ghana: When and How”, will be given by Prof Fred Akuffo this Friday, 30 January, at the Great Hall Conference Room starting at 5:00 pm. The Memorial Lecture is organised by the Turkson Foundation, formed after the untimely death of Dr John Kofi Turkson in a plane crash off the coast of Abidjan, following a trip to Ghana in connection with DANIDA funding for the Strategic National Energy Plan (SNEP) and the Renewable Energy Development Programme (REDP).
As a lecturer at KNUST with expertise in energy planning and economics, Dr John Kofi Turkson went to great lengths to contribute towards the deepening of the environment for intellectual discourse on campus. His untimely death in a plane crash on the night of 30 January 2000 brought an illustrious international career to an abrupt end, and the holding of the 2nd Memorial Lecture at KNUST is an attempt to recognize not only his contribution to academic life in this university but also to let the whole world know that KNUST contributed towards the shaping of this illustrious son of Ghana.
Below is the programme for the lecture.
Programme (MC: Mr Francis Vorgbe, Former Marketing Director, Guinness Ghana
- Opening Prayer: Rev Dr P K Boafo, Protestant Chaplain
- Introduction of Chairman: Mr Toni Kofi
- Chairman’s Opening Remarks: Archbishop Thomas Mensah
- Background on Turkson Foundation: Dr Charles Oti-Boateng
- Lecture by Guest Speaker: Prof Frederick Ohene Akuffo
- Discussion
- Remarks by Special Guests: Archbishop Emeritus Peter Akwasi Sarpong and Prof Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa, Vice-Chancellor
- Chairman’s Closing Remarks
- Vote of Thanks: Mrs. Aba Brew-Hammond
- Closing Prayer: Mgsr Dr John Opoku-Agyeman, Catholic Chaplain
For a summary of the lecture by Prof Akuffo please click here.
For a biography of Dr John Kofi Turkson please click here.