For the NDC  John Atta Mills (who lost to Kufuor in 2000) is partnered by Alhaji Mohamed Mumuni - who  since a mysterious car accident in September  campaigns on crutches (AC Vol 45 No 21)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The victim was Alhaji Mohamed Mumuni  set to run for the vice-presidency alongside John Atta Mills for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The NDC presidential candidate  John Atta Mills  who was damaged in 2000 by his closeness to the former military leader  Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings  is trying to show more independence...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     As in 2000  these will presumably be Kufuor and Professor John Evans Atta-Mills  who was Vice-President in Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings's NDC government of 1997-2001...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     On 22 January  Kufuor's 90-minute State of the Nation address to parliament failed to mention corruption at all; the chorus of opposition protests was led by Professor John Evans Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress  who will challenge Kufuor in the parliamentary and presidential polls this November...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The NDC flagbearer John Evans Atta Mills  in charge of the project at the time  denies ignoring warnings from Ghana's Washington Ambassador Kobby Koomson...
 More defections are expected as the fallout spreads from December's acrimonious leadership battle between Professor John Atta-Mills (Vice-President under Rawlings 1997-2001) and Kwesi Botchwey  Rawlings' much-admired Finance Minister from 1982 until his dramatic resignation in 1995...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 44 No 1 | 
            - WEST AFRICA
	     The opposition New Democratic Congress will start campaigning for the 2004 elections  with flagbearer John Atta Mills (backed by ex-President Jerry John Rawlings) after he beat former Finance Minister Kwesi Botchwey (backed by party Chairman Obed Asamoah) for the nomination...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    Two Fanti law professors from Central Region  former Vice-President John Evans Atta Mills and former Finance Minister Kwesi Botchwey  are battling for nomination as the presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress at its national conference in December...
  As Ghana's longest serving Finance Minister  Botchwey is better known than John Atta Mills on the international scene; he spent 13 years dealing with the World Bank  International Monetary Fund and United Nations system  as he moved from Marxism to social democracy...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      Some lawyers suggest that the Quality Grain case (AC Vol 42 No 8) could ensnare Rawlings and his Vice-President  John Atta Mills; they are accused of negligence in allowing the state to guarantee loans of US$20 million to Juliet R...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    9 per cent to his rival  the NDC's John Evans Atta Mills  he has secured the backing of all the small parties  which should produce another 6...