Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has described the late Ayawaso West Wuogon MP, Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko as a “hardworking” person who served Ghana diligently.

According to him, Mr Kyeremanteng Agyarko always meet deadlines to works assigned him within the party.

Mr Kufuor said his death comes as a “shock” to him.

Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko died at a hospital in the United States of America after a long battle with illness.

The former Chief Executive Officer of the Food and Drugs Board (FDB) now FDA, was born on 10 December 1957 at Odumase-Krobo in the Eastern Region.

He was also the Chairperson of the Environment, Science and Technology Committee of Parliament and once served on the Government's Assurance and Health Committees.

The late pharmacist-turned-politician obtained a BSc IN Pharmacy at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in 1982 - He was age 60.