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Fathia
Nkrumah laid to rest
June
12, Accra, Ghanadot/GNA - With
dignitaries present - President John Agyekum
Kufuor and the wife, Theresa; Vice President
Alhaji Aliu Mahama and his wife, Rahmatu; the
Speaker of Parliament, Mr Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi-Hughes
and Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood,
Busumuru Kofi Annan and his wife Nane -
Gamel Nkrumah, the eldest son
of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, confirmed her mother's
that it was in Ghana where the family
belonged and it was in Ghana where the Nkrumah
family must cast their anchor.
The children, in their
eulogy, expressed
thanks to President Kufuor for kindly and
dutifully footing the medical bill for the
treatment of their late mother, something, they
said, the family would never forget.......
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The Mortal Remains of Madam Fathia Nkrumah arrives at the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum for internment State burial service was held at the forecourt of the State House President John Agyekum Kufuor consoles Gamel Nkrumah, the First Son of Madam Fathia Nkrumah President John Agyekum Kufuor pays his last respects Busumuru Kofi Annan, Immediate-Past Secretary-General of the United Nations, and wife Nane, file past the Mortal
Remains Vice President Aliu Mahama files past the Mortal Remains Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood files past the Mortal Remains Mr Kwamena Bartels, Minister of Information and National Orientation, (extreme right) going to pay his last respects Bishop Antonious Markos of the Coptic Church of South Africa delivering the sermon Catholic Archbishop of Accra Charles Palmer Buckle delivering a sermon Former President Jerry John Rawlings (extreme left); Former Vice President Professor John Evans Atta Mills (third from left) Chiefs from all over the country were at the State burial
service Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, reading a tribute on behalf of President John Agyekum Kufuor Gamel Nkrumah, the First Son of Nkrumah and Fathia Members of the Diplomatic Corps Vice President Aliu Mahama (extreme right), and wife Ramatu; Chief Justice Wood, Professor Bekoe Professor Atokwei Okine, Secretary-General of Pan-African Writers Association, eulogising Madam Fathia Nkrumah The Nzema Maanle Council’s tribute being read at the State
burial Professor Nii Noi Dowuona, Secretary General of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), reading a tribute Sons, Daughter and Grand Child of Ghana's First President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah hold each other’s hands as they go to lay a wreath Ferky Halim Ritz, Brother of Madam Fathia Nkrumah, wife of
Ghana's First President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, lays a wreath Dr Edmund Delle, Chairman and Leader of Convention People’s Party, laying a wreath Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, laying a wreath on behalf of President John Agyekum Kufuor and the government of Ghana Mr Freddie Blay, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, consoles Gamel Nkrumah President Kufuor, VP Mahama join in singing praise The Mortal Remains Madam Fathia Nkrumah being put in a hearse for the final journey Te remains arriving at the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum its final resting place Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, Accra Ghana
The Mortal Remains of Madam Fathia Nkrumah arrives at the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum for internment
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.JPG "Vice President Aliu Mahama (extreme right), and wife Ramatu; Chief Justice Wood, Professor Bekoe")
