{"id":468535,"date":"2018-02-28T20:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T20:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/dont-give-me-a-state-burial-when-i-die-efia-odo-tells-government\/"},"modified":"2018-02-28T20:30:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T20:30:28","slug":"dont-give-me-a-state-burial-when-i-die-efia-odo-tells-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/dont-give-me-a-state-burial-when-i-die-efia-odo-tells-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t give me a state burial when I die \u2013 Efia Odo tells government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Wednesday, 28 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>yen.com.gh<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-28<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/71393521.295.jpg\" alt=\"Efia Odo Body\" title=\"Efia Odo Body\" width=\"295\" height=\"358\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Efia Odo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519849828_397_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Rising Ghanaian movie star, Efia Odo, has claimed that the practice of giving state burials to people should be stopped.<\/p>\n<p>In a report by Zionfelix.net, Efia Odo, also known as Andrea Owusu, argued that on a personal note, she didn\u2019t really care much about the practice, and as such she isn\u2019t interested in getting one when she dies.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Heels and Sneakers\u2019 star further noted that there is nothing beneficial about a state burial, as the dead body gains nothing from it.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, Ghanaians should celebrate people when they are alive, and then refrain showering praises on dead bodies.<\/p>\n<p>She concluded by saying that \u201cwhether I get state burial or not I\u2019m dead\u201d. State burials, per the Ghanaian practice is a prerogative of the sitting president, and is given to people, who are believed to have contributed their quota to Ghana\u2019s growth and development.<\/p>\n<p>The people on which such an honour is bestowed could be from academia, health or politics or the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p>With respect to the burial of the late musician, Ebony, it was generally believed she would be accorded a state burial, till the minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Catherine Afeku revealed that there would be nothing like that.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that the government would support the family in order to ensure that she gets a befitting burial on Saturday, March 17, 2018.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 31 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Wednesday, 28 February 2018 Source: yen.com.gh 2018-02-28 Efia Odo Rising Ghanaian movie star, Efia Odo, has claimed that the practice of giving state burials to people should be stopped. In a report by Zionfelix.net, Efia Odo, also known as Andrea Owusu, argued that on a personal note, she didn\u2019t really care much about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":466163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-468535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}