KEEA holds remembrance service to observe one week of late President Atta-Mills

Solemn hymns and dirges respectively by the Elmina Bethel Methodist Choir and the Christ’s Little Band brought uncontrollable tears from hundreds of mourners, who thronged the Nana Kobina Gyan Square at Elmina to observe the one-week remembrance of Professor Evans Fiifi Atta-Mills’ death.

The Service was organized by the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Assembly and attended by hundreds of people from all walks of life clad in black and red attires. Some were in red hand and head bands as well as headgears.

Government officials, party functionaries, the clergy and representatives of the various political parties including Nana Ato Arthur, the KEEA Parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the MP for KEEA, were present at the Service.

In a sermon, Reverend Robert Acquah, the Pastor in charge of the Breakthrough Assemblies’ of God Church at Elmina, said the late President had left a legacy of humility, truth, peace and above all the fear of God to the nation.

He said the late President Mills had indeed left his footprints in the sands of time and urged all Ghanaians to emulate him and seek to leave a legacy that would speak for them when they were no more.

“Let your works and deeds as well as lifestyle serve as a memorial for you”, Rev. Acquah declared, adding that one’s relationship with God should be well developed in order to serve Him well.

The Municipal Chief Executive, Mr. Isaac Kweku Sam, in a tribute, described the late Prof. Atta-Mills as humane, gentle and firm father figure whose faith in God was unwavering and urged all Ghanaians to eschew politics of acrimony and rancor since it was doing the nation no good.

In another tribute, Sheik Yahaya, the Elmina Chief Imam, said the name Prof. Atta-Mills was known worldwide because he was a man of peace who left a legacy of humility, love and forgiveness and urged all to lead good lives for them to be remembered as such.

He prayed to Allah to let the peace that Prof. Atta-Mills always preached engulf the nation to help propel its development forward and urged all Ghanaians to embrace it.

Mr. Sampson Kofi Yeboah, former head teacher of the Komenda LA Primary School, who was Prof. Atta-Mills’ classmate at that school, recalled the life of the late President at Komenda where he grew up and said he was punctual, disciplined and very studious.

He said Prof. Atta-Mills schooled at Komenda from class three until he passed his common entrance exams and proceeded to Achimota Secondary school.**