The National Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joshua Hamidu Akamba has raised concerns about the failure of the government to engrave the name of the late president Prof John Evans Atta-Mills on the two statues of him erected at the refurbished Asomdwee Park in the Greater Accra Region.
According to him, the two unveiled statues in front and back of the tomb of the late president unveiled by President Akufo-Addo yesterday, Sunday, July 24, 2022, to mark the 10th anniversary of the passing of the late president John Evans Attah Mills had no name of the late president.
“Rather interestingly, the statue containing the burst of the late president has the names of the sitting president and that of Mr Koku Anyidoho, the Executive Director of the policy think tank, Atta Mills Institute,” he said.
Speaking in an interview with Kwame Obeng Sarkodie, host of the Ghana Yensom morning show on Accra 100.5 FM on Monday, July 25, 2022, he stressed that the statues have no identity even though they are mounted on the graveside of the late president.
He further accused the sitting president of further dividing the family of the late president and the Atta Mills Institute.
He was of the view that the president could have used the opportunity to unite the family, especially on his tenth anniversary but he missed it.
Ahead of the 10th anniversary, the family accused the Atta Mills institute of sacrilege for “touching” the tomb without their permission. The institute, headed by Mr Anyidoho, however, denied desecrating the tomb.
Source: Modern Ghana