Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has criticised the bust erected in honour of late President John Evans Atta Mills at Asomdwee Park.
In his view, the bust does not look like the late former president.
Addressing the media, Ablakwa suggested that the monument instead of honouring the late head of state was rather dishonouring his memory.
He maintained that this could have been prevented if the state had collaborated with the family of John Evans Atta Mills and avoided pettiness and factionalism in the lead-up to the refurbishment of Asomdwee Park.
The legislator also raised concerns over the missing name of Atta Mills on the bust stressing that nothing showed it was meant for “the good old Professor Mills”.
“If you look at that statue…that bust, honestly, I don’t know who it depicts. It doesn’t look like Professor Mills. It doesn’t have his name. His family is not recognized. The is nothing about that bust that shows that it was intended to immortalize and honour the memory of the good old Professor Mills. Nothing shows.
“These are the things that happen when you say proceed on a factional, petty, opportunistic basis. I don’t think we would have had this outcome if we all came together as Ghanaians, as one people, respecting his family and everybody was allowed to contribute.
“I don’t think this would have been the outcome. That itself tells you the result of division, pettiness, of opportunism. That’s what happens. I am not surprised that now…you have heard the family say that they even want to take this whole memorial out of here. They want their brother’s body out in a private place because they have suffered enough. They can’t continue to take the pettiness any longer because here is under the auspices of the state,” he said.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on behalf of the state commissioned the refurbished Asomdwee Park on Sunday, July 24, 2022, to mark the 10th anniversary of the passing of John Evans Atta Mills.
Prior to this, the had been a public spat between Samuel Atta Mills, brother of the late President, and Koku Anyidoho over some works near the tomb of the late president.
Samuel Atta Mills contended that the permission of the family ought to have been sort before commencing works on the tomb.
The NDC subsequently held a separate event at Asomdwee Park to also observe the 10th-anniversary celebration.
Source: ghanaweb.com
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But your teeth does looks like you? ***barred word***
The NDC remains ***barred word*** and Reckless in opposition and ***barred word*** and Incompetent in government! Period.....
The most unintelligent comment ever heard in my life and unsurprisingly it is coming from Ablakwa. Wow, listen to me, photos, image etc are more powerful than names/words and surprisingly Ablakwa does not know this. In fact, Ablakwa is a master of division. Four and a half years and NDC couldn't do it and if someone does it, he does everything to discredit it... pull him down by people like Ablakwa is a cancer in Ghana. Shame on you and NDC.
The family of the late president are artists, abi? what kind of ***barred word*** from dishonorable members of parliament.
Surprisingly everyone the platform is speaking against NDC and Ablakwa's sincere comments. May I know from any of you intellectuals if its suitable to elect bust(statue) without adding the person in whose bust is being erected name????. In the foreseeable future 50, 80, 100 years time who will recognise the statue over there as that of atta Mills? What was the reason behind erecting such a monument without any consultation with the family with regards to its construction etc?? Guys, must we add politics to everything we do? This behaviour is not acceptable anywhere apart from Ghana.
If it does not look like him, who does it look like?
This so called NDC MPs will criticise everything once it is not done by them. You guys rule this country for close to 30 years and mess everything. NDC is Not a better alternative. NDC reedy ***barred word***. You NDC guys killed Prof Atta Mills.
These Ewe boys, they think Ghana is for them. They talk any how.
See who is talking, let me reserve my energy mpo. Anokwa
Another sharp teeth baby, if this one doesn't look like Mills, go ahead and also erect one that looks like him. It's that simple. The man is dead and gone and you still here talking about his bust . It was Atta mills that gave you your first ever job in life i.e. Deputy minister where for the first time monies above 500 cedis entered your pocket. Fortunately Mills wife Naadu is still alive. Ablakwa , when was the last time you visited Mills wife to see how she's faring let alone parting with a token in appreciation of what the husband did for you. You care about the dead but neglect the living, hypocrisy .