VP pays visit to Kwame Nkrumah
Mausoleum
Accra, May 11, Ghanadot/GNA
– Government is to restore facilities at the Kwame Nkrumah
Memorial park to a faultless state in honour of Ghana’s founding
father, Vice President John Mahama announced on Monday during a
tour of the park.
Built by former President Jerry John Rawlings in honour of the
larger-than life first President of the Republic, the historical
park that houses a mausoleum and a museum, has witnessed some
decline in standards in recent times.
Among the problems being faced by the park included poor water
supplies, faulty electrical wirings and leaks in the roofs of
the mausoleum where the revered former President and his wife
are buried.
Vice President Mahama said every effort would
be made to restore the park to its former glory, as
he silently walked past President Nkrumah’s tomb
during a working visit to the park.
He said similar restorative works would be undertaken in the
ancestral home at Nkroful in the Western Region where the late
President was born andin the Nkrumah Circle area in downtown
Accra, where a statute is to be
located.
The Vice President also announced government’s decision to form
a multi-party committee to work
towards the celebration of the centenary birthday
of the late President in September this year.
The celebration is billed to attract world
Leaders, including President Muammar Qaddafi of Libya.
A legislative Instrument that would make the day a national
holiday to be christened ‘Founders Day’ would soon be laid
before Parliament.
Mr. Kweku Manu Isaiah, Director of the Park conducted the Vice
President round the sacred memorial grounds.
GNA