Rawlings will plant trees on Saturday before the June 4th celebrations

General News of Friday, May 24, 2019

Source: 3news.com

2019-05-24

Former President Jerry John Rawlings will lead the executives and supporters of the June 4th Revolution on the occasion of a tree planting exercise in Accra on Saturday to launch activities marking the 40th anniversary of the event.

He will plant the first exercise tree that will start from the Tetteh Quarshie interchange to Legon ECG Park. It aims to celebrate Mr. Rawlings' environmental credentials.

The tree planting exercise is in keeping with the theme of the commemoration of June 4 this year; "Develop a national character for good sustainable governance".

The series of indiscriminate tree cutting without the need to plant new ones has disastrous consequences for the climate.

"The exercise is about encouraging Ghanaians to re-enter tree planting as a way of life, to mitigate the effects of climate change and to promote a cooler environment," says the June 4 planning committee.

conferences

The June 4th conference will be held on May 29 at the Amegashie Conference Hall of the Business School of the University of Ghana. The lecture will be given by Professor John Bright Aheto, a renowned management expert.

Professor Aheto is the former dean of the School of Business at Central University College and former Vice Rector of the Institute of Management and Public Administration of Ghana. The conference will begin at 14:00.

Professor Aheto will speak about the theme of the celebrations, after which a panel of personalities consisting of personalities such as Brigadier General Nunoo Mensah, Professor Joshua Alabi, Professor John Gatsi, Dr. Deborah Cubagee and Goosie Tanoh will dissect the conference.

Durbar

Mr. Rawlings and other influential members of the uprising and the December 31 Revolution will then address the culmination of the celebrations at the Nungua Traditional Authority Park on Tuesday, June 4th.

The celebrations will begin at 8 am with a parade of young executives followed by the lighting of the perpetual flame before the traditional speech of the leader of the uprising.

The general public is invited to all celebrations.