“As we bid them farewell, let’s remember that their journey did not end in the crash, it continues in the enduring values they embodied in the service that they gave to our nation,” Mrs Betty Mould Iddrisu, Council of State Member, said on Friday.
Mrs Mould- Iddrisu said this in a tribute by the Council of State at the interfaith Burial Service in honour of the fallen eight heroes at the Independence Square in Accra.
The nation, she said, would never forget their invaluable contribution and service to the country.
“The Council of State says to you that your sacrifices will never be forgotten. May the Almighty God and Almighty Allah grant your souls eternal peace and rest, and your loved ones take that comfort to the knowledge that you died with honour and distinction,” she said.
“Let us live believing that they are with the Lord.”
Eight persons died in the August 6 helicopter crash at Akrofuom in the Ashanti Region on their way to a national assignment at Obuasi.
They were Dr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, Minister of Defence, Alhaji Dr Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, Member of Parliament for Temale Central and Minister of Environment, Science Technology.
Others were Alhaji Muniru Mohammed Limuna, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator, and Samuel Aboagye, Deputy Director-General, National Disaster Management Organisation.
Alhaji Dr Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed and Alhaji Muniru Mohammed Limuna were laid to rest on Sunday, August 10.
GNA
