President Petr Pavel of the Czech Republic during his three-day State Visit to Ghana, visited the resting place of Ghana’s founding President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah in Accra.
The mausoleum, designed by Don Arthur, houses the mortal remains of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah and his wife Fathia Nkrumah.
President Pavel during his visit to the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Mausoleum was accompanied by Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the champion of African liberation struggle and Pan-Africanism and a global icon continues to inspire world leaders.
In the year 2000, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah was voted Africa’s “Man of the Millennium” by listeners to the BBC World Service, being described by the BBC as a Hero of Independence, and an international symbol of freedom as the leader of the first African country to shake off the chains of colonial rule.
President Pavel defied the rains in Accra to pay his respects to the global icon.
He noted that his visit to Ghana could not be concluded without a visit to the resting place of Ghana’s Founder.
President Pavel is the first world leader to pay a State Visit to President John Dramani Mahama, after his inauguration for a second term on January 7, 2025.
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