The one-week funeral memorial of the late Christian Atsu is currently ongoing at the Adjiringanor Astro Turf at East Legon.
Many football stars, actors, actresses, musicians and dignitaries such as GFA officials, former coaches, and presidential hopefuls, among others have graced the occasion
As the celebration is still in progress an announcement was made that the late player will have his final funeral rites observed on 17th March 2023.
Atsu’s funeral will be held at the forecourt of the state house to make his burial a very befitting one.
President Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians that the government would do everything on its part to give the footballer a “dignified exit.”
“It is my duty and responsibility as President to make sure that happens,” he said when he received a delegation of the family of the late footballer at the Jubilee House, Accra,
The delegation, led by the President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Okraku, had called on him to officially inform him of the tragic loss of their kin.