Story By: Delali A.Awuyeh
The Board Chairman of the John Evans Atta-Mills Memorial Heritage, Dr. Alex Percival Segbefia, has indicated that the organization is working hard to show the values and principles of the late President John Evans Atta-Mills in the Ghanaian society.
Dr. Percival Segbefia, former Minister of Health disclosed at a press conference last Monday in Accra enumerated plans of the organization to mark the 10th Anniversary of the death of President John Evan Atta-Mills.
He explained that the J. E. Atta-Mills Memorial Heritage is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, independent and charity organization that exists to promote President John Evans Atta Mills’ unique views of society to cause positive actions in strengthening democratic values and human development.
“The vision of the Evans Atta Mills Memorial Heritage is to inspire HUMANITY for a BETTER SOCIETY,” he noted.
Dr. Segbefia who is also the former Deputy Chief of Staff during the Atta-Mills administration used the occasion to put out some programmes for the commemoration of the 10th anniversary which includes Regional John Evans Atta Mills Commemorative Lectures across various regions.
Dr. Segbefia indicated that, the 10th year commemoration is a national affair for the people of Ghana as posited by the chief of Essikado, Nana Kobina Nketsia IV, who chaired the launch of the Memorial Heritage at the University of Ghana in Accra, recently.
At that launch, Nana Kobina Nketsia asserted that the era of President John Evans Atta Mills as President of Ghana was “an era of inclusiveness, an era when we had a man of character as President and a man of morality and sincerity, and to him Ghana mattered, and because of that, he cut across many political divisions”.
The 16 regions of Ghana have been clustered into five groups for purposes of the Regional Commemorative Lectures.
Dr. Segbefia urged all Ghanaians to participate fully in the lectures when it gets to their turn in their clustered regions in memory of a unique, selfless, and distinguished former President of Ghana, a man of character who stood tall and brought dignity, inclusiveness and character into Ghanaian politics.
The Board Chair of the organization revealed that the John Evans Atta-Mills Memorial Heritage will commemorate July 24, 2022, the exact day on which President John Evans Atta-Mills died, with a memorial service at the Asomdwee Park near the Castle, in Accra and that wreaths would also be laid on his grave at the Park at 1.40p.m, the exact time that the doctors pronounced him dead at the 37 Military Hospital.
Dr. Segbefia further explained that at the Tamale Lecture, “The Great Launch”, which is the title of the “Proceedings of the Launch of the John Evans Atta-Mills Memorial Heritage” held on 1st February 2022, has been published into a book, will be launched and put up for sale to the public.
He urged the public to fully participate in all the activities planned to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the death of President John Evans Atta-Mills. President John Evans Atta Mills is the only Ghanaian Head of State to have died in office.
Source: Nationaltymes.com
