For three days, businesses and offices in the Greater Accra Region’s Central Business District are anticipated to close to allow for the last funeral rites of HRM Naa Dedei Omaedru III, the late Ga Manye, the Paramount Queen of Ga State.
“From the 27th to the 29th of October, we expect shops and offices in the Central Business District to remain closed,” said Lady Justice Naa-Yarlay Adjei Amoah, Chief of Staff at the office of the Ga Mantse.
Justice Amoah, who doubles as the Secretary to Central Funeral Planning Committee of the late Ga Manye, added “We also expect them to decorate their business premises with black and red drippings”.
The various markets are also to drip all their surroundings in black and red because “we are mourning together, it’s not just the palace so we are respectfully calling on all to cooperate with us in this time of grief.”
During a visit by a delegation from the Jospong Group of Companies, led by Mrs. Adokarley Okpoti-Paulo, who serves as the Group Financial Controller for the Environmental & Sanitation Group and Finance Director of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Lady Justice Amoah shared this information. The delegation signed the condolence book at the Ga Traditional Council on Friday, September 8, 2023.
As part of their visit, the Group presented a box of schnapps, a box of Castle Bridge gin, bottles of Red Label Whiskey, boxes of soft drinks, mineral water, and refuse bins, alongside an undisclosed cash donation. These contributions were intended to support the preparations for the final funeral rites of the late Ga Manye and to offer condolences to the elders.
Mrs. Okpoti-Paulo conveyed that this gesture was a means of consolation and a demonstration of mourning for the significant loss. She further announced that Zoomlion Ghana Ltd., a subsidiary of the group, would oversee all sanitation-related matters concerning the funeral.
“Zoomlion will help to keep the surroundings clean during and after the funeral ceremony to ensure that the Ga State is clean at all times,” she promised.
After accepting the gifts, Nii Ahene Nunoo III praised the Group for its generosity and wished the Group’s Executive Chairman a long and healthy life.
The late Ga Manye’s last funeral ceremonies are scheduled to take place from October 15 to October 31, 2023. Ga Manye passed away in December of last year.
On June 19, 2023, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo, president of the Republic of Ghana, signed and declared open the book of condolences.