By Akwasi Ampratwum-Mensah, Sunyani.
THE President, Mr J.A. Kufuor, is expected to unveil a statue on July 11, 2008, in honour of the late Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia, the Prime Minister in the Second Republic of Ghana under the Progress Party (PP) Administration. He is noted for his political astuteness, as a great academician, a statesman and a royal.
The Brong Ahafo Regional Co-ordinating Council (BARCC) which is bestowing the honour on the Late prime minister, has also said that Dr Busia immensely contributed towards uplifting the image of the Brong Ahafo Region in particular and Ghana as a whole.
The Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, who made this known to newsmen at his office in Sunyani on Wednesday, further pointed out that the life of Dr Busia in all spheres had been a model for the citizens of Brong Ahafo, especially the young ones who had come to hear about him, and that it was incumbent on the RCC to recognise whatever he stood for and accordingly honour him posthumously.
According to Mr Baffour-Awuah, preparations for the programme, which is scheduled to take place at the Ghana @ 50 Jubilee Park, where the statue has also been erected, had been completed and that personalities including Ministers of State, Members of Parliament, traditional authorities, representatives of the various political parties, the clergy and religious, the academia, among other dignitaries would grace the occasion.
The regional minister intimated that as a prelude to the ceremony, a symposium would be held on July10, 2008 by the organisers in conjunction with the Busia Foundation, at which contemporaries of the late prime minister would speak on topics such as Busia as an Academician/Researcher, Busia as an Academician/Statesman, Busia as a Christian, and Busia as a Royal/family man.
Again, Mr Baffour-Awuah said, excerpts of the film on the Life of Dr Busia by Akosua Busia will be shown as well as a photo exhibition of his life and works.
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