Our Capital City will be celebrating the first anniversary of the founding father of our nation Grand Chief Sir Michael Thomas Somare.
This will be part of the many celebrations in our nation to commemorate and celebrate his life.
The people of NCD including school children will do an evening of candlelight virgil at the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium as the city comes together in remembrance and commemoration.
This is a National event celebrating the life of the founding father so it’s equally a celebration of our country.
The history of our country and our people has been shaped largely by the life of Grand Chief Somare.
Without his vision, passion, dedication and commitment our nation and our people would not have traveled this far in the last 46 years.
Though he has left us, his story and legacy remains. It is important that we embrace his guiding principles and values.
Grand Chief Somare united our people of a thousand tribes, languages and cultures peacefully into independence.
These are important values and lessons we must maintain and preserve. We must promote peace at all times as how he has taught us as we celebrate his life.
Our program at Sir Hubert Murray Stadium will commence at 5pm on Saturday evening and will involve a virgil, speeches and a showing of videos and images of Sir Michael’s life including a documentary of his funeral program last year.
Public is most welcome to attend. Mr. Sana Somare, a family representative will also give a speech and we are still waiting for confirmation our Prime Minister James Marape.
Please come along in our PNG colours and let’s celebrate the life of this great man, our founding father, Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare.