BIOLOGRAPHY OF GHANA'S PRESIDENT

John Atta Mills AKA John Evans Atta Mills Born: 21-Jul-1944 Birthplace: Tarkwa, Ghana Gender: Male Religion: Methodist Race or Ethnicity: Black Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Head of State Nationality: Ghana Executive summary: President of Ghana Girlfriend: Ruby Addo (one son) Son: Sam Kofi Atta Mills Wife: Ernestina Naadu (educator) High School: Achimota School, Accra, Ghana (1963) Law School: LLB, University of Ghana (1967) Law School: LLM, London School of Economics (1968) Law School: PhD Taxation, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (1971) President of Ghana (7-Jan-2009 to present) Ghana Official Vice President (1997-2001) Ghana Official Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service (1993-97) Ghana Official Acting Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service (1988-93) Fulbright

Prof Akosa endorses Samia; she will win by 96.6 per cent

A member of the Convention Peoples Party, Professor Badu Akosa has endorsed the Member of Parliament for Jomoro, Samia Nkrumah as the new chairperson of the party. He says the daughter of Ghana’s first President will win the chairperson slot of the CPP by 96.6 per cent. He stress that Samia Nkrumah offers better chances of the party winning the general elections than any of her opponents. Professor Akosa made these statements in an interview with Asempa’s Kojo Asare Baffour Acheampong at the Congress grounds at Trade Fair, La in Accra. The former Director of the Ghana Health Service, stated that the party will focus bring all ousted members of the CPP back to the party. According to him, the CPP looks more formidable than ever ahead of the 2011 general elections. He disclosed that Dr Sekuo Nkrumah will be one of the members the new executives will be targeting to rejoin the party. Dr Akosa stated that plan to convinced Dr Sekuo Nkrumah to join the CPP is far advance and he is optimistic that Dr Sekuo Nkrumah will campaign for the CPP during the 2012 elections. ATTACK ON Dr NDUOM and NPP Dr Akosa slammed Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom decision to have accepted a ministerial appointment by former President Kufour and the NPP. He stated that one of the major problems of the CPP is that some of the members have shown little commitment to the party. He observed that Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom should have demonstrated true commitment by sticking to the CPP rather than joining forces with the NPP in government. Professor Akosa who only arrived from Kenya ahead of the Congress noted that President Kufour was on honey moon during his first tenure of office spanning from 2000 to 2004. For him, former President Kufour did little in the first term which should not have granted a second term. Reacting to why he head the Ministry of Health under President Kufour tenure, Prof Akosa said he saw the advertisement for the vacancy in the newspapers and decided to appeal for it. He recalled that he sat through an interview before he was appointed as the Director of the Health Service on merit. For him, party members should decline offers from governments in power so that the CPP can outline their goal when they win power. Story: Samuel Mantey/Adom news/Ghana