PNP to launch Portia Simpson Miller Day as former PM celebrates 77th birthday
Former Prime Minister and People’s National Party (PNP) president is set to be honoured with her very own ‘day’ by the PNP in celebration of her legacy.
The PNP, in a media advisory, said a resolution was passed by the executive of the party, declaring December 12, Simpson Miller’s birthday, an annual celebration of “Portia Simpson Miller Day”.
It will launch the initiative on Monday at the party headquarters on Old Hope Road in St Andrew.
A statuette will also be presented in recognition of Simpson Miller’s contribution to the country’s development, the party said.
Simpson Miller, who retired in June 2017 after 43 years in representational politics, created history as Jamaica’s first female prime minister,
She turns 77 on Monday.