Mrs Theresa Kufuor, wife of former President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor has been confirmed dead by close sources.
The affable former First Lady died at age 88, surrounded by close family and friends.
The former First Lady has been the subject of numerous death hoax stories from 2017, 2019, and 2021 but all turned out false until 2023.
Family sources this time around confirmed her death and are set to release an official statement announcing her unfortunate demise.
Some very close family and well-wishers have since thronged the Airport Residential Area residence of the former First Couple to offer commiserations to Mr. Kufuor, the former President of the republic.
According to reports she died shortly after President Nana Akufo-Addo had travelled to the mountains to pay a visit to the former President
John and Theresa are blessed with five children – J. Addo Kufuor, Nana Ama Gyamfi, Saah Kufuor, Agyekum Kufuor, and Owusu Afriyie Kufuor. They also have eight grandchildren.
The couple first met at a Republic Day Anniversary Dance in London in 1961 and began dating before tying the knot in 1962.
Before becoming the First Lady, Theresa, whose surname used to be Mensah before she inherited that of her husband, worked as a nurse and midwife.
She is also credited with pushing for policy changes in the Government’s white paper on Educational Reforms that sought to implement Free compulsory universal basic education (FCUBE) programme.
Theresa schooled at the Catholic Convent, OLA, at Keta in the Volta Region before moving to London, where she became a Registered General Nurse, in the Southern Hospital Group of Nursing, Edinburgh, Scotland.
She continued her education at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, and Paddington General Hospital, London, attaining a State Certified Midwife Certificate in Premature Nursing.
