A son of the late President of Ghana, Sam Kofi Atta Mills, has said he swept his father graveyard ahead of his sixth-anniversary celebration.
According to him, little has been done to the ‘Asomdwee Park’, where his Dad was buried to be described as a graveyard of a former president of Ghana.
Speaking to Ghanaweb, Sam Kofi Atta Mills said if he had his own way, he would have added some museums to the ‘Asomdwee Park’ to attract tourists.
“Just like the Kwame Nkrumah mausoleum, we can do something similar here. There is a park over here with some animals, we can make the place more habitable for people to come in as a tourist place,” he stated.
“Those who feel like they have the logistics and the power feel within themselves that they can help…if we are able to collectively come together and say let’s actually do this, it will help,” he added.
Mr Atta Mills noted that he will continue to do anything within his power to keep the ‘Asomdwee Park’ in good shape.
Ghana marked exactly six-years after the demise of Prof John Evans Atta Mills on July 24, 2012.
Born on 21 July 1944, at Tarkwa in the Western Region, the late President hailed from Ekumfi Otuam in the Mfantsiman East Constituency in the Central Region. At age 27, he was awarded his PhD after successfully defending his doctoral thesis in the area of taxation.
He lectured at the Faculty of Law and the Business School, both of the University of Ghana for over two decades, and author of a number of publications.
He was also a visiting professor at Temple Law School (Philadelphia, USA), Leiden University in the Netherlands and at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
He was a member of the Ghana Stock Exchange, and became Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service of Ghana, and named the National Tax Commissioner in September 1993.
The late President was also a distinguished sportsman and sports administrator, as he played hockey and was a member of Ghana’s National Hockey Team and later the Veterans Hockey Team. He was also a reputable swimmer as well.
On the political scene, the late President Mills was chosen as the running mate by former President Jerry John Rawlings, who was seeking re-election for a second term in office.
They overwhelmingly won the 1996 election and the Professor became Vice President of Ghana from January 7, 1997, to January 6, 2001.
Between 2001 and 2008, Prof Mills became the de facto opposition leader and earned a reputation of decent politicking. He later became known as Asomdwehene, to wit, King of Peace.
On January 7, 2009, the late Prof Mills was sworn-in as Ghana’s third President of the Fourth Republic.
He was until his untimely death the presidential candidate for the NDC for the 2012 presidential election, after winning a challenged presidential primary by a remarkable 96.7 per cent.
Prof Mills is the first sitting leader in the history of the country to die in office.
He died on July 24, 2012, three days after his 68th birthday.
Source: ghanaweb.com
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WELL DONE BROTHER
My friend God bless your heart for what you did Has your dad got friends living? Yes many and I am one of them. He is ever alive in our hearts. And he shall be for long. Prof rest in peace
Who maintains Limann's grave? Who maintains Edward Akufo-Addo's and Abrefa Busia's graves. I remember during the NDC reign the children of Busia had go renovate their fathers burial place in Wenchi with their own resources and they did not make any noise about it.
Your father hated Ashantis. He went to the US embassy to talk about the Great Ashanti Project as being terrifying! What did he mean by that? He meant ideally he would like to exterminate Ashantis! Genocide, Mass Murder. Now he is in hell, roasting in Satan's fires where he belongs and the Great Ashanti Project continues!!!
BRO, YOUR MAIN CONCERN SHOULD BE HOW DID YOUR DAD PASSED AWAY, PLEASE GIVE US A BRAKE AS JDM AND THE NDC GURUS. MR ATTA PLEASE INSIST OF YOUR DAD BODY SHOULD BE TAKING TO HIS HOME TOWN,IF YOU ARE A TRUE SON.
Good job. I think you can do that weekly. You are equally a ghanaian and that is the little you can do for your dad and country. Sincerely we need money to build the country and not museums. Sorry
But this boy paa, what is he expecting? tell this to your ndc fine boys ooo. They lied to you how your dad passed away and you were happy. Massa you can even go and sleep there with him, as long as these ndc gurus can easily organize unnecessary press conferences with their 0dead heads on means they dont give a damm about your dead father. wise up
Who cares if you even weed that place. Why did your family agreed to have your Dad buried at that unwholesome place in the first place.Grow up and advise yourself.
if there is any body or organisation to blame is the NDC . They can organised unnecessary demonstration but they can organise supporters to clean the park. Is shame to the party.
The ***barred word*** should go back to school and stop the I mean, I mean stuff. ***barred word*** dada ba.