[ 2012-08-08 ]

No road blocks on Wednesday & Thursday – Funeral C’ttee
The Funeral Planning Committee has announced for
the benefit of the general public that Wednesday,
August 8 and Thursday, August 9 – days set aside
for the laying in state of Prof. John Evans Atta
Mills at the State Banquet Hall - will come off
but without any road blocks as is being
speculated.

The road blocks and other elaborate vehicular
control measures will be carried out only on
Friday, August 10, which is the day for the
funeral service at the Independence Square.

A statement issued in Accra and signed by a deputy
Minister of Information and a member of the
Funeral Planning Committee, Mr. Samuel Okudzeto
Ablakwa, also assured the general public that
there are no special invitation cards required for
members of the public to pay their last respect to
the late President.

“Indeed all Ghanaians from all walks of life are
free to file past the mortal remains of President
Mills from 1pm on Wednesday the 8th of August,
2012. H.E. John Dramani Mahama and other
dignitaries including the Speaker of Parliament,
Chief Justice, Former Presidents, Ministers of
State, Members of Parliament and the Diplomatic
Corpse are expected to be the first to file past
on Wednesday from 11am. The general public resumes
viewing from 6am on Thursday the 9th,” the
statement added.

The statement also asked all representatives of
the National and Regional House of Chiefs and
Queen Mothers who are scheduled to pay their last
respect at 11 am on Thursday to converge at the
VAG Guest House near the Ghana Immigration Service
Headquarters in order to be conveyed to the
Banquet Hall.

Mr. Ablakwa also announced that under the auspices
of the Ministry of Information a special allotment
has been made for all media practitioners to pay
their last respect on Thursday, August 9 between
the hours of 1pm and 2pm. “Media practitioners
ought to remember that no form of photography is
allowed within the Banquet Hall,” the statement
pointed out.

The statement reminded all Ghanaians that “these
events are national in character and should be
observed as such with the best of conduct and
cooperation

Source - Citifmonline

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