{"id":22918,"date":"2023-02-28T11:15:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T11:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/02\/28\/prez-nana-announces-state-funeral-for-chrisitan-atsu\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28T11:15:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T11:15:14","slug":"prez-nana-announces-state-funeral-for-chrisitan-atsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/02\/28\/prez-nana-announces-state-funeral-for-chrisitan-atsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Prez Nana announces state funeral for Chrisitan Atsu \u00bb \u2122-"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>President Nana Addo disclosed that the State will do everything possible to give the footballer, Christian Atsu a \u00a0\u201cdignified exit.\u201d <strong>Christian Atsu died in a 7.8 <\/strong><strong>earthquake <\/strong>in Turkey after playing for his new team. <\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: I will never hang out with Shatta Wale and post it \u2013 Efia Odo<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"5\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-321348\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/President-announces-state-funeral-for-Christian-Atsu.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"5\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/President-announces-state-funeral-for-Christian-Atsu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-321348\"  \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is my duty and responsibility as President to make sure that happens,\u201d he said when he received a delegation of the family of the late footballer at the Jubilee House, Accra.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>The delegates from the family of Christian Atsu were led to the Jubilee house to see the president by the President of the\u00a0Ghana Football Association,\u00a0Kurt Okraku. <\/p>\n<p>President Nana Addo while addressing the delegates from the Twasam family described the late footballer as an \u201c<em>exceptional athlete and a gift to our nation<\/em>\u201d. 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We can never erase the loss of this very brilliant man.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Ghanaian people must express their appreciation for the work that he did for our nation and the contribution he made to the development of the game and sports in general,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: www.ghbase.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; President Nana Addo disclosed that the State will do everything possible to give the footballer, Christian Atsu a \u00a0\u201cdignified exit.\u201d Christian Atsu died in a 7.8 earthquake in Turkey after playing for his new team. 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