Busia's death remembered

Wenchi, Aug 29, GNA - Bishop Charles Kwasi Konadu of Wenchi Diocese of the Methodist Church, has stressed the need for an attitudinal change among Ghanaians if the country was to make any meaningful headway in development.

"If we do not change and continue to exhibit the current behaviours and attitudes, whatever the country's past leaders did and fought for will come to nought", he said.

Bishop Konadu was preaching at the 29th memorial and thanksgiving service for the late Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia, Prime Minister of the Second Republic, at his residency at Wenchi.

The Centre for African Art and Civilization, an NGO, organised the ceremony with support from Wenchi Methodist Church, the district assembly and the Busia Foundation.

"We are not poor because we have almost all natural resources with which we can develop our nation to an appreciable level", the Bishop said and urged all to abide by ethics and to have a sense of responsibility.

He condemned the current disrespect for laws, immoral behaviours, dishonesty and disrespect for others' rights, which he said, had largely attributed to the nation's current slow pace in development. "Let us be God-fearing, be selfless and sacrifice for the nation's accelerated development like Dr Busia and others did so that our children can also pick such traits and grow up to become responsible leaders", Bishop Konadu said.

Hajia Bintu Ibrahim Farizana, Wenchi District Chief Executive, expressed gratitude for the honour done to "one of the country's champions of democracy" and urged all to emulate the exploits of the country's past heroes. She said the district assembly had decided to sponsor students in second cycle schools to undertake excursions to tourist centres including the residence of Dr Busia to learn more about the country and its past. She said the assembly would rehabilitate the former Premier's residence to become a tourist site and more structures would be added to make the premises to befit his status in Ghana's political history.