burial service – Adomonline.com https://www.adomonline.com Your comprehensive news portal Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:13:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.adomonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-Adomonline140-32x32.png burial service – Adomonline.com https://www.adomonline.com 32 32 Burial service for late former Defence Minister announced https://www.adomonline.com/burial-service-for-late-former-defence-minister-announced/ Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:13:29 +0000 https://www.adomonline.com/?p=2335190 The burial service of the former Minister of Defence, Lieutenant General Joseph Henry Smith will take place on Saturday, December 23, 2023.

The ceremony will be held at the Al-Azziz Mosque at Burma Camp in Accra at 7:00 am.

This was announced in a statement issued on behalf of the family by Ambassador Victor Smith on Wednesday.

The deceased who was a former Army Commander and Ambassador to the United States will be given a full Military burial in accordance with the Muslim tradition. 

Lt General Smith passed away on Tuesday, December 19 after a short illness.

He was 78.

Lieutenant General JH Smith served as the Minister of Defence during the presidency of John Evans Atta Mills and also held the position of Ghana’s Ambassador to the USA.

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]]> PHOTOS: State burial for Major Maxwell Mahama underway https://www.adomonline.com/photos-state-burial-major-maxwell-mahama-underway/ https://www.adomonline.com/photos-state-burial-major-maxwell-mahama-underway/#comments Fri, 09 Jun 2017 08:47:31 +0000 http://35.232.176.128/ghana-news/?p=166681 Hundreds of mourners have converged on the Forecourt of the State House in Accra to bid farewell to the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama, the military officer who was murdered in a mob action at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region.

The funeral, expected to be heavily steeped in military tradition, is the difficult end to the short but decorated career of the rising military officer who was lynched at Denkyira-Obuasi while leading a military detachment providing security for Alaska C & G Mining Company at Diaso in the Upper Denkyira  West District in the Central RegioN.

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His wife, Barbara Mahama, looks visibly shaken as she files past the remains of her late husband.

Former Defence Minister, Dr. Addo Kufour is one of the dignitaries who just filed past the body of Major Mahama.

 

 

 


 

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