Daughter of Tafohene dies

The death is announced at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, of Mrs Hannah Poku (nee Akosua Yeboah). She was 90. A statement in Accra on Thursday said she was until her death one of the longest-surviving daughters of the late Nana Yaw Dabankah, Tafohene and Benkumhene of the Kumasi Traditional Area.

She was the mother of Mr Sam Poku, Chief Executive of the West Africa Business Association and former Executive Director of the Ghana Chamber of Mines. The statement said funeral arrangements would be announced later.