TRIBUTE TO THE LATE PRESIDENT: HIS EXCELLENCY PROFESSOR JOHN EVANS ATTAH MILLS

 By:

The youngest Ghanaian to become an academic professor: Prof. Daniel Kweku Mensah of KNUST campus, Ghana.

Your Excellency, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, in time of war, in time of peace and at fun galore; you led Ghana with unfathomable wisdom. If it were not so, bombs of the Gbagbo crisis would have devastated our young oil fields: or a general strike would have displaced us to an unknown land. One era changes giving way to the new, but Professor: prudence engraves your name on gold! Your government made real economic achievements.

In accordance with article 57 clause 6 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, your seat has been given to your Vice-President to ensure continuation of your good works. Bravo! The Jumbo Judicial Jockey! Apraku Pataku Patasi! The Lilly of Tarkwa! The Oak of Otuam! The Diamond of Achimota! The Gold of Legon! The Fulbright Genius and the Pure Scholar of London! “Demirifa due”, “Demirifa due”, “Demirifa due”, Due ni amanehunu. We cherish you but the love of God excels. Presidents die in office like William Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Abraham Lincoln, William Tubman, Anwar Sadat, Samora Michel, Jomo Kenyata, Gnassingbe Eyadema and Yar Adua!; but yours gives a terrible blow to international success. Drama is different from comma but Prof. Mills; your death gives us life! Thus in accordance with Act 651 Section 10 (b) of the 2003 Labour Law; Section 29 of Act 737 - Fair Wages and Salaries Act: and Articles 24 and 190 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana; all of us in this country must endeavour to work peacefully and productively within the five years period set out for our remunerations’ innovation without industrial actions: because crime is illegal and work is life!! Our strong love for you will become real if the peace you promoted during your reign is nurtured by rotation of our national leadership from region to region in the fashion of United Nations Organization leadership. 

Professor Mills, you stood for equity, fairness and transparency which are excellent qualities for sustainable economic growth. We will keep you in our memories!

Fiifi The Great; Gone Like Askia The Great! Fare thee well! Fare thee well!! Fare thee well!!! May Your Soul Rest in Bravura Peace.