{"id":282534,"date":"2017-01-07T08:31:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T08:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=282534"},"modified":"2017-01-07T08:31:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T08:31:40","slug":"im-grateful-to-mahama-for-opportunity-to-serve-amissah-arthur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/im-grateful-to-mahama-for-opportunity-to-serve-amissah-arthur\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m grateful to Mahama for opportunity to serve \u2013 Amissah Arthur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, says he is grateful to former President John Mahama for the opportunity to serve in government.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Amissah Arthur, who served with John Mahama from 2012 when the latter had to take up the Presidency post following the demise of President Evans Atta-Mills, euologized Mahama for his commitment to the transformation of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post on Saturday, January 7, ahead of the swearing in of President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo, Mr. Amissah-Arthur \u00a0said, \u201cit was brilliant working with him [Mahama].<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FKBAmissahArthur%2Fposts%2F1220426474713254%3A0&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"418\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nAmissah-Arthur was until his service as Vice President, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>John Mahama and Kwesi Amissah Arthur were unanimously declared as the National Democratic Congress&#8217; duo to contest for the December 2016 presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>They lost the elections to 3-time contestant and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo and his running mate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumiah.<\/p>\n<p>Mahama polled 44.4% of the valid votes cast, while Akufo-Addo polled 53.8% votes, representing a resounding victory for the NPP candidate, who set the record of being the first to unseat an incumbent President in a democratic election in Ghana&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jnyabor\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @jnyabor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, says he is grateful to former President John Mahama for the opportunity to serve in government. 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