The funeral planning committee for the eight Ghanaians who died in the helicopter crash on August 6, 2025, has provided an outline of the state funeral to be held in their memory.
According to Deputy Chief of Staff Stan Dogbe, who addressed the media, the funeral will strictly be a military funeral conducted by the Ghana Armed Forces.
The funeral will be in three parts, beginning with Bible and Qur’an recitals, followed by the main service, and ending with the burial.
The pre-burial programme will start at exactly 7:30 am and end at 9:00 am.
Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang will be at the event at 8:50 am, while the President is expected at 9:00 am to commence the service.
The three-hour ceremony will feature the reading of biographies of all eight crash victims, tributes from widows, children, government officials, and institutional representatives.
Following the service, the remains of six of the victims will be transported to the military cemetery at Tse Addo for interment, with burial rites jointly overseen by the GAF and the respective churches of the deceased.
Meanwhile, two of the crash victims have already been buried in line with muslim traditions and customs.
