Former President John Mahama has described, the late Prof
John Evans Atta Mills, as a man who stood for the highest ideals of leadership
and the greatest aspirations of Ghana’s democracy.
Mr Mahama, who was Vice-President to Prof Mills, in a commemorate note to mark the
seven-year anniversary of the passing of the late president wrote:
“Seven years ago, today, our nation was struck with unquenchable grief and
agony when President John Atta Mills departed to his maker.
He was a man who stood for the highest ideals of leadership and for the
greatest aspirations of our democracy. RIP Prof,” Mr Mahama’s posted read.
Prof Mills served as President of Ghana from 2009 to 2012.
He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the then-governing party
candidates Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2008 national elections.
Previously, he was the Vice-President from 1997 to 2001 under President Jerry
John Rawlings, and he stood unsuccessfully in the 2000 and 2004 presidential
elections as the candidate of the NDC.
Meanwhile the family and leadership
of the NDC had laid wreaths at the Asomdwee Park where the remains of the late
president were interred.
The solemn event was also addressed by the NDC national chair, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and other leading members of the Akatamanso party.
