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What Mills ACTUALLY Said Regarding Reports Of His Death
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16 June 2012
What Mills ACTUALLY Said Regarding Reports Of His Death
It is now official that President John Evans Atta Mills has left the shores of the country to the United States of America for a "routine" medical review.
But before he embarked on the medical trip to the USA on Saturday, President Mills, who was decked in a blue-black suit with a matching tie, dispelled rumours of his death when he spoke to media practitioners at the VIP lounge of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
{sidebar id=10 align=right}Read below the transcribed version of what the President actually said prior to his departure.
“I heard about this [death] sometime ago and I said what is happening. Indeed, this is not the first time that I have heard people say this about me. Let me just say that I’m very, very strong and I don’t know the basis for saying that I am dead.
“Well, let me just say that under our Constitution, the President has a duty to inform Parliament; to inform them whenever he is going outside the country. Sometimes it is not even necessary to give you the details.
“What I have decided to do is to go for medical check-up. So I’m going for a few days and then come back. I’m able to sit down with the doctors and then talk about things. Of course, there are all kinds of certain things which I believe I can strengthen myself for.
“Let me tell you [in] six months we are going to work very, very, very, very, very, very hard. I remember the last time' i think when I came back from the G8, he [Vice President John Mahama] had been in Sunyani and when I spoke to him he wasn’t well at all, he wasn’t well at all. I also came back from G8 (and was very tired). As far as I’m concerned this is nothing I will say calls for something by all Ghanaians. I’m only going there to make sure that yes we look at this and that that that… and come back to continue the work that I’m going to do.
“You look at me as a person, are you seeing the person who has died?” President Mills asked.
Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
No commentsAkufo-Addo wishes Mills well
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Akufo-Addo wishes Mills well
The flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo has wished President John Evans Atta Mills good health.
Elizabeth Ohene Takes Kenkey Politics To BBC
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Elizabeth Ohene Takes Kenkey Politics To BBC
Elizabeth Ohene, a journalist who held ministerial positions, including Education and Information in the Kufuor Administration, has taken the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kenkey propaganda against the Mills administration to the BBC akin to what she did against the Rawlings regime in the 1980s and the 90s.
CPP is a mockery of Nkrumah’s legacy - Sekou Nkrumah
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CPP is a mockery of Nkrumah’s legacy - Sekou Nkrumah
Dr. Sekou Nkrumah, son of Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah has lampooned the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) describing it as a backward political party.
Betty buys 3 UK mansions?
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Betty buys 3 UK mansions?
Embattled former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Betty Mould Iddrisu, is reported to have purchased three houses, all said to be in different locations across the United Kingdom, and also deposited a whopping £1.042 million in her alleged Barclays Bank UK private account between November 2011 to May 2012.
{sidebar id=11 align=right}The allegation was made by the Editor of the Leicester Recorder, Jacinta Crispin-Jones, who claimed that the former Attorney-General kept the same account with a balance of £6,115.73 at the end of January 2008.
According to the Leicester recorder, electronic transcripts from Mrs Betty Iddrisu’s account showed the transfer of an amount of 250,000 pounds for the purchase of a property in Loughton in Essex. This property, according to the Leicester Recorder, is located at 252 High Road, Loughton, Essex, IG10 1RB.
A search by the New Statesman, using Google’s Street View application, shows a six-bedroom property located in the county of Essex, approximately 16.0 kilometres (10.0 miles) north east of London, an area considered a wealthy town on the outskirts of Greater London with excellent transport links to Central London.
In explaining how Mrs Betty Iddrisu purportedly purchased this and other properties, the Leicester Recorder explains that officials of Barclays Bank Woodbridge, Leicester, were in November 2011, alerted when Mrs Iddrisu added London based property developer and jewellery tycoon Dr Srinath Kumar as a joint beneficiary of her account. Mrs Iddrisu’s account number is quoted by the Leicester Recorder as 20756821-SORT CODE-20-98-07.
{sidebar id=10 align=right}The report further reveals that shortly after this development, an amount totalling £1,042,000 between November 6, 2011 and May 8, 2012 was lodged into Mrs Iddrisu’s account.
The breakdown of the deposits, according to the Leicester Recorder, are as follows: £45,000 on November 6, 2011; £150,000 on November 25, 2011; £120,000 on December 15, 2011; £179,000 on January 20, 2012; £265,000 on February 18, 2012; £86,000 on March 23, 2012; £71,000 on April 29, 2012; and £126,000 on May 8, 2012.
Due to her unavailability in the country, the report has it that officials from Barclays Bank Wooldrige questioned the other joint account holder as to the source of the deposits.
Dr Kumar is reportedly to have stated that the £1,04 million were profits from a joint 70 acre citrus, mango and palm plantations in the Western Region of Ghana, his property lettings company in Cardiff, Wales as well as his property developments in Cyprus.
The Bank officials were, however, not convinced and alerted its International Private Banking desk in London who called in the police. Some officials at the bank believe the British Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) should be called in to investigate the deal.
Dr Kumar has strongly defended the deposits claiming they are from legitimate sources. A UK member of parliament has taken up the matter and would want to find out from the British government if it is necessary to continue supporting the budgets of African countries if huge amounts of monies are being used to buy properties by African ministers in the UK.
Efforts to reach Mrs Betty Iddrisu for her comments proved futile as several attempts to contact her via telephone were unsuccessful.
Statesmanonline.com