Koku Anyidoho's name on Atta Mills bust should be dropped - Prof Gyampo
A political theory instructor at the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Gyampo has required the expulsion of Koku Anyidoho's name from the as of late outdoored bust of the late Prof John Evans Atta Mills.
As indicated by him, Koku's name on the craftsmanship makes it look 'longwinded' and 'ungainly'.
In a Facebook post on Monday, he further demonstrated that the job of Mr Anyidoho in the recognition of Atta Mills is known, and subsequently there is no need adding his name to the landmark.
He expressed: "A straightforward rectification: This sculpture of Prof J.E.A Mills, third President of the fourth Republic (Jan 2009-July 2012), was revealed by H.E. Nana Akufo Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, Sunday, July 24 2022.
"Koku's job is known and can never be limited. Yet, in lowliness, it should be dropped all together not to make the compositions on the sculpture excessively cumbersome and longwinded".
A fix of Professor Gyampo's Facebook post on Atta Mill's bust on Monday, July 25
The remarks by the political researcher add to the scores of public feelings about the bust of the late head of state.
Following the outdooring of the bust by President Akufo-Addo on Sunday, July 24, numerous residents took to virtual entertainment to mourn the engravings on it.
The landmark, which was uncovered at the Asomdwe Park, didn't have the name of Prof John Evans Atta Mills on it.
This as per a few pundits, sabotages the worth of the bust raised to pay tribute to the late teacher.
Teacher Atta Mills' bust disclosed at the Asomdwe Park on July 24
In such manner, Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu said it is hostile that a bust uncovered to respect the memory of the late John Atta Mills' doesn't bear his own name.
Tending to the press at Parliament on Monday, he said seeing the new bust bear the names of President Akufo-Addo and Koku Anyidoho and not that of the late President was frustrating.
He said it is unsuitable for a figure respecting a specific individual not to have his name however that of the individual who disclosed it and other supporting gatherings.
"The bust of him, John Evans Atta Mills, our regarded President, underneath the bust isn't his name. It is that of President Akufo-Addo and that isn't his [Atta Mills'] name and we view that as unquestionably unsuitable and hostile", he raged on Monday.
JoyNews/AdomNews · Atta Mills' sculpture not bearing his name is hostile and inadmissible - Haruna Iddrisu
Mr Iddrisu in this way entrusted government to promptly address the engraving on the bust by eliminating the names of President Akufo-Addo and Koku Anyidoho.
The Tamale South lawmaker additionally cautioned that had it not been for the quiet idea of the previous President, he would have gone there and eliminated the engraving himself.
The celebration of Atta Mills' tenth commemoration was set apart by pockets of contention after two separate occasions were held at the Asomdwe Park.
The primary memorial occasion at the Asomdwe Park had President Akufo-Addo in participation, along with the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho.
This was trailed by another social occasion including the resistance National Democratic Congress and its 2020 flagbearer John Dramani Mahama.
The two particular occasions raised worries from a segment of the overall population, some of who expressed that the equal services went to by Mahama and Akufo-Addo don't mirror the tranquil idea of the late Atta Mills.
In the mean time, a close buddy of the late Professor Mills, Professor Kofi Asomaning has uncovered that Akufo-Addo and Mills once crystallized as colleagues in the Legon Hall football crew at the University of Ghana.
Talking in a JoyNews narrative on Professor Mills, he said "In brandishing exercises, he [Atta Mills] was particularly involved.
Truth be told, the ongoing President, His Excellency Akufo-Addo went along with us in our subsequent year and the two of them were playing for Legon Hall.
However, Professor Mills was playing for the University. He was in the college eleven".
Here is the narrative which profiles the late head of state from his days at the University of Ghana, the whole way to his ascent to the Presidency up to his final gasp on mother earth.
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