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Ghana: December elections on track as President Mahama names bank chief as deputy
The December elections are expected to pose “a strong test” of democratic credentials of Ghana. The two leading parties remain evenly matched, as they were in 2008, but the stakes are much higher this time round. The winning party knows it will get to enjoy the best years of Ghana’s oil wealth.”
Atta Mills served as president as Ghana began grappling with how to deal with its newfound oil wealth from offshore fields discovered in the last five years. The country of about 25 million saw a growth rate of more than 14 percent last year.
“We have a national executive council and they will meet and decide what to do, maybe to confirm him as the flag bearer,” Kwame Boateng said at the party headquarters in Accra.
Oheneba Asamoah Atuahene, the governing party chairman in Kumasi, said the party would work to carry out Atta Mills’ legacy.
“We are going to finish his unfinished job,” he said.
President Mills tirelessly worked to improve the lives of the people of Ghana, he helped promote economic growth in Ghana in the midst of challenging global circumstances and strengthened Ghana’s strong tradition of democracy.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press
