Ghana wet with tears as citizens mark 1 week of Mills’ death

Thousands of people are converging at the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park in Accra where the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council is marking the one week celebration of the death of President John Evans Atta Mills.
  
People from all walks of life, dressed in mourning attire, are walking or on board vehicles to the Park, which is a sea of red and black.
    
There is drumming, singing, dancing, tooting of horns and blowing of whistles at the Park, which is gradually filling up.
    
By 1100 hours hundreds of mourners were already seated waiting for the official commencement of the ceremony.
    
A large number of them are clad in paraphernalia of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), posters of the late President Mills have been displayed on vehicles and on structures at the Park.

Drivers are displaying red banners on their vehicles and are tooting their horns as they drive in town, and some vehicles with public address systems are playing dirges as they drive around.
                                                              
Many people are carrying portraits of the late President,   food vendors have set up joints around the Park, photographers are taking pictures of mourners, while vendors are making brisk business, selling pieces of red and black materials as well as NDC paraphernalia.
 
Public buildings around the Ministries are draped in black and red colours.
 
The Government delegation to the celebration was led by Nii Afotey Agbo, Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, Accra Mayor and other Municipal and District Chief Executives in the Region.
 
Other dignitaries were, the National Chief Imam, Dr Shiekh Nuhu Sharabutu.
    
The celebration began with pouring of libation by Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona, Osu Mantse, and intermittent melodious tunes provided by the Ghana Armed Forces Central Band and the Ghana Police Service Central Band. 


  source: Myjoyonline.com