Mills is a happy man; he caredless what we do with his body – Adenta MP

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Adenta Constituency, Kojo Adu Asare has urged Ghanaians to emulate the enthusiasm with which the late President John Atta Mills served God to book a place in heaven.

According to him, death is inevitable but the most important thing for every human being is to secure a place in heaven where he says the late President is gone to be with the Lord.

Adu Asare was commenting on the controversy over where the late President who passed Tuesday would be laid to rest on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme, Thursday.

Government has earmarked the Flagstaff House and the Kwame Nkrumah mausoleum as the final resting place of the late President pending an approval by Mills’ family who initially wanted to bury their kinsman in his hometown Otuam in the Central region.

But the choice of the Flagstaff House by the Funeral Committee was gravely criticized by some family members of the late Mills and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) who claim government’s decision is against the wishes of the late President.

However, Adu Asare was of the view that the tussle over who has the legitimate right to bury the fallen hero is all vanity.

“The man [Mills] is gone; whatever you do with his body is not his business. He had the hope for eternal life and for me I think that is all that he lived for”.

The Adenta MP noted that President Mills is dead and gone hence the rest of us living must strive to live a pure and holy life devoid of sin to join him in heaven.

“To be absent in this world means to be present with the Lord. The spirit of President Mills is gone to be with the lord and I am sure that his spirit is happy and enjoying”.

The NDC MP posited that the late President endured all the vilification from both the opposition and within his party because he knew where he was going.

Adu Asare therefore urged government and the bereaved family to reach a consensus quickly to ensure the late President is given a befitting burial.