John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills

The death of his predecessor John Evans Atta Mills on 24 July 2012 left Mahama obliged to fight December’s national elections with the same policies and more or less the same team from the National Democratic Congress (NDC AC Vol 53 No 16 Politicking after the mourning & Obsequies and summitry)...

Kyerematen has the endorsement of the African Union and the enthusiastic support of Ghana’s NDC government first under President John Atta Mills and then under Mahama...

When former Vice-President Mahama served under the late President John Atta Mills the government signed billions of dollars in loans from the Chinese government...

Under the late President John Atta Mills Mahama was in Beijing in April to sign off the first $1 billion tranche of a loan from the China Development Bank to finance gas infrastructure...

The donations to the NDC took place between March and July and included consignments of t-shirts cups caps key rings and handkerchiefs bearing the party’s umbrella logo and a picture of the late President John Evans Atta Mills who died on 24 July...

After taking over from the late President John Evans Atta Mills in July (AC Vol 53 No 17 After a unifying funeral a divisive election) Mahama wanted to announce some substantive policy changes without stamping on his predecessor’s legacy...

The NDC’s challenge failed and its mild-mannered presidential candidate John Atta Mills bided his time until 2008 when he and the NDC won the presidency...

Since he took over from the late John Evans Atta Mills in July the diplomatic Mahama has brought a measure of unity back into NDC affairs...

Speaking on the 40th day after President John Evans Atta Mills’s death a significant time in Ghanaian culture Mahama pledged to boost economic growth make government more consultative and strengthen anti-corruption institutions...

While their compatriots were still stunned by the news of the death of President John Evans Atta Mills on 24 July the elders of the governing National Democratic Congress orchestrated an impressively smooth transition...