The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has wondered why the choice of colour for the new state bust unveiled in honour of the late former President of Ghana, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, is in brown.
According to the Leader, it is already enough offense for the bust that was unveiled in the honour of the late president to have been done without any indications of his name.
The Minority Leader was addressing a press conference on Monday, July 25, 2022, at parliament, when he explained that the colour is not something he ever saw the former statesman wear.
“Persons who visit the Asomdwee Park must know that it’s the final resting place of the late John Evans Atta Mills, president of the country, who passed on in office and to his eternal memory, this bust is put in place.
“How then can any of you explain that just beneath the bust, you’ll see who unveiled it and who sponsored or who supported it: that is not his name and for the unsuspecting people, somebody may come and the picture may be referred to as ‘unveiled by.’ In any case, I never even saw Prof. Mills in that kind of brown attire,” he said.
The Minority Leader has also asked the government to correct the error and ensure that the right thing is done.
“You know, everywhere in the world - those of you who have visited the Lincoln Memorial in the United States, it’s for his eternal memory that you put his name there so that visitors will know that this is John Evans Atta Mills, the third president of the fourth republic who passed on in public service, serving Ghana as its president, not who has altered where his final sleeping place is or who sponsored it. The president and his associates must take immediate steps to go and correct that wrong and that anomaly. We find it incredibly unacceptable and incredibly offensive,” he added.
John Atta Mills died on July 24, 2012, becoming the first president in the country to have died in office.
He was buried in Accra at the Asomdwee Park, which has since seen a major upgrade amidst several controversies.
Upon his death, John Dramani Mahama took over as president.
Source: ghanaweb.com
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Wonders they say shall never end. Is Haruna Iddrisu saying that through out the adult life of president Mills, he saw him every other single day to know the clothes he wore? Or he's he saying that before Mills became president he wasn't wearing clothes. Hahahaaaa, politics in Ghana can be anything. People are suffering instead of coming out with alternatives as to how the burden of the people can be lessened here you are talking about a dead man's attire. How does that bring food to the ordinary Ghanaian?
This double salary th!ef and a guy who plagiarised his MPhil thesis and had his certificate cancelled at Legon will not keep quite. Honourable my foot...... This minority people are clueless. We must keep them in opposition to make our country better.
Habaa, John Atta Mills used to wear a short sleeve khaki colour suit similar to this one except that the colour on the bust is a little deeper. But before you (Haruna) knew president Mills he used to wear clothes, more so they would have presented his photograph for the bust to be constructed. Politics in Ghana is becoming something, if not what he's wearing doesn't matter once the bust resembles him. The man died 10 years ago and you won't still allow him to rest? He left behind a wife and a son. When was the last time Haruna led the minority caucus to pay a courtesy call on Mills wife to see how she's faring. You love the dead but neglect the living, interesting.
WHO ARE YOU?
Hon. Tell us you were with lqte Mills from birth till he passed on to know he never put on brown attire. Haba
Aaaah a whole minority leader still behaving like a student. Leadership has indeed gone to the gutters. They like the thrill of the position but have no understanding of what it takes to be a leader. You open your mouth and talk like a primary 6 school prefect eroding the respect and the responsibility attached to your office.
You people have no shame. Go and remove the bust and use your colour for it
1111diot, go and cloth him in white attire