The burial of the late Dan Lartey will be held at the Forecourt of the State House in Accra, in the morning of Saturday, February 6, 2010. The remains of the veteran politician would be interned at the Osu Cemetery, after which the public will have the opportunity to mourn with the bereaved family in their house at Osu, near Photo Flash, being Papaye Fast Foods. Briefing the Daily Graphic at the weekend, the eldest son of the deceased, Mr Henry Lartey, said the government had offered to sponsor the burial and funeral rites of the departed statesman. He said to organise a befitting ceremony for the late politician, the bereaved family and officials of the state protocol department had begun discussions on how best to get things done. Mr Lartey said as part of the rites, there would be wake on Thursday, at the deceased’s Citadel House, around first light at Kaneshie. He added that on Sunday, February 7, 2010, a thanksgiving service would be held in memory of the late Mr Lartey at the Osu Barnabas Anglican Church, where Mr Lartey used to worship. The businessman and politician passed away in his sleep at the age of 83, on Monday, December 28, 2009. He left behind an 87-year-old wife, Sarah, and eight children, comprising five men and three women. A former publisher and labour unionist, Dan Lartey’s name became a household one following his 2004 mantra of “Domestication”, his political philosophy of self-reliance, rather than depending on foreign aid and investment. After his death was announced, hundreds of Ghanaians drove to his home to console his family. Among them were former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, the 2008 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, the Chief Justice, Mrs. Georgina Wood. Others were the Chairman and General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Kwabena Adjei and Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia respectively, the Chairman of the NPP, Mr Peter Mac-Manu, the 2008 presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom and his running mate, Dr Abu Sakara, Dr Obed Asamoah, the founder of the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) and the Archbishop of the Church of Province of West Africa and the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Accra, Most Rev. Doc Justice Akrofi, and other distinguished personalities. Source: Daily Graphic/Ghana