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Veep attends church service in honour
of Dr Busia
Accra, July 18, Ghanadot/GNA- The Busia family in
collaboration with the Busia Foundation, on Thursday,
organised a special church service in Accra, on Wednesday,
to commemorate the 94th birthday of Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia,
Prime Minister in the Second Republic.
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama attended the service on
the theme: "Proclaiming The Acceptable Year."
Conspicuously missing however, were members and supporters
of the ruling New Patriotic Party, who regard Dr. Busia as
one of the pillars of their liberal democratic beliefs.
The handful of worshippers however, sang hymns and listened
to Biblical texts, Dr Busia was associated with.
They were also exposed to "Dr Busia's Inspiration,"
"Commitment to Knowledge and Service," "Perseverance in
Reaching for the Promised Land," "Sense of Responsibility in
Governance" and "His Triumphant Faith" that eulogised his
memory as former Prime Minister, whose Progress Party was
overthrown by the defunct Supreme Military Council in 1972.
Dr. Abena Busia and Ms. Ama Busia, daughters of Dr. Busia
threw light on the academic pedigree of the former Oxford
scholar, whose intellectual qualifications, spanned
anthropology and sociology.
Dr. Busia described her dad as the first African Professor
at the University of Ghana, Legon, the first Director of the
Centre for Civic Education and a former Rector at the
Institute of Social Studies, in the Hague.
The Very Reverend Thomas Brown Forson, Superintendent
Minister of the Calvary Methodist Church, described Dr.
Busia as a man of prayer with a sense of perseverance and
sacrifice.
He said he left a lasting legacy of vision, humility, peace
and respect for his fellow being.
GNA
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