The government has announced detailed plans for the state funeral of the victims of the August 6 military helicopter crash, which will be held on Friday, August 15.
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, August 14, Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Operations, Stan Dogbey, said the ceremony will be primarily a military service led by the Ghana Armed Forces(GAF) and divided into three main parts. "The service would largely be a military service, it would be conducted by the Ghana Armed Forces and there will be three parts to the funeral programme.
We would have the three burial service during which period some tributes would be read, we would have Qu'ran recitations during that period.
And the second part would be the main funerals and burial service.
