{"id":233748,"date":"2016-07-24T12:05:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-24T12:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=233748"},"modified":"2016-07-24T12:05:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T12:05:11","slug":"wreaths-laid-to-mark-4-years-of-atta-mills-death-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/wreaths-laid-to-mark-4-years-of-atta-mills-death-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Wreaths laid to mark 4 years of Atta Mills’ death [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several high profile dignitaries today (Sunday), laid wreaths on the tomb of \u00a0Ghana’s former president, John Evans Atta Mills, to mark the fourth anniversary of his\u00a0death.<\/p>\n

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The solemn ceremony was \u00a0also graced by Ghanaians from\u00a0all walks of life, who turned up to pay their respects to the late third president of the country’s fourth republic.<\/p>\n

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Present at the event were the Former president of \u00a0Malawi,\u00a0Joyce Banda and her family, who all laid wreaths.<\/p>\n

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Foreign Affairs Minister Hanna Tetteh was one of several government officials who also graced the ceremony.<\/p>\n

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Atta Mills’ son, Samuel Kofi Mills (Far Right) in a solemn mood.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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About Professor Mills<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Evans Atta Mills was a native of Ekumfi Otuam in the Central Region. He was born at Tarkwa on July 21, 1944 and was educated at Achimota School and the University of Ghana, Legon.<\/p>\n

He earned a Ph.D. in Law at the age of 27 from the London University\u2019s School of Oriental and African Studies after completing his doctoral thesis in the area of taxation and economic development.<\/p>\n

He then had a long stint teaching at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ghana before becoming the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.<\/p>\n

Mills\u00a0was Vice-President from 1997 to 2001, under the administration of Jerry John Rawlings<\/p>\n

He won the 2008 presidential elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), defeating the New Patriotic Party\u2019s candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in a\u00a0run-off.<\/p>\n

President Mills died at the 37 Military Hospital on July 24, 2012. It is however officially unknown what ailment killed him, leaving many to speculate.<\/p>\n

Atta Mills\u2019 son donates to special needs school<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Thursday July 21, which was his late father’s birthday, his son, Samuel Kofi Mills, observed the day by donating to a needy school<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, something his late dad did when he was alive.<\/p>\n

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By: Kojo Agyeman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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