 The controversy that has surrounded the
final resting place of President Mills has been laid to rest with an
announcement by the family that he will be buried in Accra.
The
family has slated August 8-10 for the funeral of the departed President.
According
to Kwesi Amissah, a brother to President Mills, the family in
consultation with government reached an agreement that the late
President be buried in Accra at a special cemetery which will be
announced soon.
Mr Amissah, who was speaking on Metro TV Friday
afternoon from Prof Mills' family home in Akamfua in Cape Coast, said
all the confusion surrounding his burial has been cleared.
He
said initially, certain people had tried to demand that he buried
somewhere else; those at Cape Coast had wanted him to be buried at Otuam
but after meetings with government in Accra, they had agreed on the
capital.
Mr Amissah stated emphatically that all the final
funeral rites would be held in Accra adding there would be no other
ceremonies anywhere else.
He said they were now waiting for the
government to communicate the date for the funeral rites and burial.
Mr
Amissah also revealed that President Mills' one week would be held at
his Regimanuel Gray residence at the Spintex Road on Tuesday, July 31. |
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