2012-07-26 10:03:25

Bishops of Ghana: Unity in wake of President’s death


(Vatican Radio) The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Ghana has appealed for prayers and unity follwing the sudden death of President John Atta Mills. Mills took power in 2008 after winning a presidential runoff vote by a razor-thin margin. He died Tuesday at the age of 68.
The statement reads: “We, members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference and the entire Catholic Church in Ghana have received the sad and shocking news of the demise of H.E. John Evans Atta Mills, the President of our dear Nation. We wish to express our heartfelt and deepest condolences to the entire people of Ghana as we mourn the father of our Nation. Our thoughts and prayers are with the First Lady, Mrs Ernestina Naadu Mills, and the entire Mills’ family in this extremely difficult time. We share the grief that afflicts our country and the family.

We call on all Ghanaians to be united and remain focused in this hard moment. We stand in fervent prayer asking that the God of all Mercy may grant the soul of our beloved President eternal rest and may his soul rest in perfect peace”.
Flags flew at half mast on Wednesday as the nation began a week of national mourning for Mills whose death comes five months ahead of elections in the country seen as a bastion of democracy in west Africa.

Vice-President John Dramani Mahama was sworn in hours after the announcement of the death on Tuesday. This ensured that the West African oil, gold and cocoa producer, a former British colony once known as the Gold Coast, avoided the kind of messy political transitions that have plagued other states in a coup-prone region.

Mahama, 53, a historian, former minister and communications expert, is expected to bring a steady hand to a fast-growing economy, one of Africa's newest oil producers.








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