The African Union (AU) will honor the founder and first
President of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, with the unveiling of a statue
in Addis Ababa, for the role he played in African liberation struggle and the
Pan African Movement.
In line with that, President John Evans Atta Mills, who
leaves Accra today, for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend the 18th Ordinary Session
of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the AU, has invited Dr
Francis Nkrumah and Ms Samia Nkrumah to join him at the unveiling ceremony in honor
of their father.
The statue has been mounted at the forecourt of the newly
constructed AU Building in Addis Ababa.
The President is expected to deliver the keynote address on
the theme: “Boosting Intra-African Trade”, and also be the guest of honor at
the unveiling ceremony.
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