Mills has shown us life is transient - Okudzeto Ablakwa

He is, therefore, admonishing all Ghanaians to tame their egos and guard against any conduct that portrays them as super-humans.

The deputy Minister was one of many Ghanaians, who thronged the Banquet Hall of the State House to pay their last respects to the former Commander-in-chief of the Ghana Armed Forces.

Tears flowed at the State House where the late President's body was laid in state for filing past. President John Mahama, Vice-President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, Members of Parliament, judges, ministers of state and other key personalities filed past the body and paid their last respects.

Okudzeto Ablakwa told Joy News’ Evans Mensah Wednesday’s experience was painful.

“It was a very difficult time. For the first time I was coming close to Professor Mills and he wouldn’t call up my name; he wouldn’t stretch forth and give me a handshake and have a discussion on what confronts our nation. He laid down and will not speak, the reality dawns on you,” he narrated.

That sad spectacle, he noted, plunged him into deep introspection and he could not but come to the realization that “life is so transient. It is just temporary and we have to be working harder towards the permanent life after here.”

Meanwhile some mourners were frustrated when their desire to see the mortal remains of the late president came to naught after they were turned away for inappropriate dressing.

The sad looking women told Joy News’ Araba Koomson they were turned away by security personnel because they were not wearing a traditional funeral cloth.

With an appropriate attire, they will perhaps have another opportunity, to see the late president again when his body is laid in state for the second time at the State House, Thursday.

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