A unique wreath-laying ceremony took place at the Asomdwee Park in Accra yesterday to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the death of Prof. J. E.A. Mills.<\/p>\n
The Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, led the solemn and brief event, which was also to open the park for viewing by the general public.<\/p>\n
It was unique in the sense that only one wreath \u2013 a large one \u2013 was laid on behalf of the government of Ghana, friends and appointees.<\/p>\n
Mr Amissah-Arthur, supported by the Chief of Staff, Mr Julius Debrah, and other former appointees of the former President, carried the huge wreath and laid it on the tomb<\/p>\n
It was not an event for speeches.<\/p>\n
President Mills died at the 37 Military Hospital on July 24, 2012.<\/p>\n
Prof. Mills won the 2008 presidential elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), defeating the New Patriotic Party’s candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the run-off.<\/p>\n
Prof. Mills was a native of Ekumfi Otuam in the Central Region.<\/p>\n
He was born at Tarkwa on July 21, 1944 and was educated at Achimota School and the University of Ghana, Legon.<\/p>\n
The late President earned a Ph.D. in Law at the age of 27 from the London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies after completing his doctoral thesis in the area of taxation and economic development.<\/p>\n
He had a long teaching experience at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ghana before becoming the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.<\/p>\n
He was Vice-President from 1997 to 2001.<\/p>\n
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