AKUFFO-ADDO LAUNCHES E-CAMPAIGN
The 2012 Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will on Sunday, 16th September 2012, officially
outdoor his internet-based campaign at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre
of Excellence in ICT at 3pm.
Nana Akufo-Addo will, at this event, introduce the general public to his social media networks i.e. his official Facebook page, Twitter and Youtube accounts, and his official website.
The NPP flagbearer will also undertake a live question and answer session, with his followers on Facebook and Twitter.
In attendance will be other leaders of the New Patriotic Party including Samira Bawumia, wife of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Hon. Dan Kweku Botwe, Adwoa Sarfo, Yaw Buaben Asamoah, Anthony Karbo, and some youth groups.
The general public is cordially invited to this event online; the event will be streamed live via his website, www.akufoaddo2012.com.
The event will also be live on ETV, Metro TV, Net2 TV, Happy FM, Citi Fm, Hot FM, Asempa FM and Oman FM.
President John Evans Atta Mills Profile:
Name Mills
Other Names President John Evans Atta
Date of Birth 1944-07-21
Place Tarkwa
Detailed Biography
Professor John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was born on July 21st, 1944, at
Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana and hails from Ekumfi Otuam in the
Mfantsiman East Constituency of the Central Region. He launched a
lifelong interest in acquiring knowledge at Achimota Secondary School,
where he obtained his General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced
Level in 1963. To further his education, he attended the University of
Ghana, Legon, where he received a bachelor's degree and professional
certificate in Law (1967). While earning a PhD in Law from the
prestigious School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London,
John Evans Atta Mills was selected as a Fulbright scholar at the equally
prestigious Stanford Law School in the United States of America. At age
27, he was awarded his PhD after successfully defending his doctoral
thesis in the area of taxation and economic development. Prof. Mills'
first formal teaching assignment was as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law
at the University of Ghana, Legon where he spent close to twenty five
years imparting knowledge (as well as other institutions of higher
learning) rising from lecturer to senior lecturer then to associate
professor. His contribution to intellectual development is remarkable
having served on numerous boards and committees. During the almost 30
years of teaching and researching Prof. Mills served as a visiting
lecturer and professor at a number of educational institutions worldwide
and presented research papers at symposiums and conferences throughout
the world. Professor John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills, the Presidential
Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2008 General
Elections, is a man of high integrity, humble, a liberal minded person
who consults and peace is his watch-word. He is known in Ghana as
"Asomdweehene" which literally means the "King of Peace". He is an
academician, sportsman and an astute politician. John Evans Atta Mills
is the only person who has ran for President on the ticket of the
National Democratic Congress (NDC) for three consecutive times in the
history of the Party. He won the Presidency on the third attempt in the
2008 general elections. (December 7th & 28th,2008 and January 2nd
2009 -28th December,2008 and January 2nd 2009 elections were
Presidential run-offs) Publications Professor Mills who campaigned on
"CHANGE" during the 2008 elections has more than a dozen publications to
his credit. These include: Taxation of Periodical or Deferred Payments
arising from the Sale of Fixed Capital (1974), Exemption of Dividends
from Income taxation: A critical Appraisal (1977), Report of the Tax
Review Commission, Ghana, parts 1,2&3, (1977) and Ghana's Income Tax
laws and the Investor. (An inter-faculty lecture published by the
University of Ghana). His expertise goes well beyond the classroom, and
is evidenced by the various examiner positions he held with finance
related institutions throughout Ghana (i.e. Institute of Chartered
Accountants, Institute of Bankers, Ghana Tax Review Commission). As an
advocate for recreation and an active sportsman and sports fan,
Professor Mills has supported the academic community and the nation at
large through his contribution to the Ghana Hockey Association, National
Sports Council of Ghana, and Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club. The Law
Professor loves sports and he is a keen hockey player and once played
for the national team and is still member of the Veterans Hockey Team He
equally keeps his body in shape by swimming, spending close to two
hours every day when he has time. The following are a few of his
activities and projects: - Member of the Ghana Stock Exchange Council
- Board of Trustees, Mines Trust
- Management Committee Member of, Commonwealth Administration of Tax Experts, United Nations Ad Hoc Group of Experts in International Cooperation in Tax Matters, and United Nations Law and Population Project
- A Study on Equipment Leasing in Ghana
- Casebook preparation on Ghana's Income Tax Review of Ghana's Double Tax Agreement with the U.K
- In 1988, John Evans Atta Mills became the acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service of Ghana and named Commissioner in September 1996.
- In 1997, Prof. Mills received another important appointment when on January 7, 1997, he was sworn-in as the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana.
- In 2002, Prof. Mills was a visiting scholar at the Liu Centre for the Study of Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Canada.
- In December 2002, John Evans Atta Mills was elected by his party to be its flag bearer and led them into the 2004 elections.
- John Evans Atta Mills was reelected in December 2006 by an overwhelming 81.4%, beating three other contestants, to once again have the mandate to lead his party into the 2008 general elections.
- January 3rd 2009-Professor Mills declared President-Elect in the 2008 elections. He had 4,521,032 votes representing 50.32 percent beating his rival Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) who had 4,480,446 votes representing 49.77 percent
- January 7th, 2009 Professor Mills sworn in as the Third President of the Republic of Ghana.
Twenty-three million five hundred thousand barrels of oil have so far been exported, a year into the commencement of production from the country's developed oilfields by the Jubilee partners. The exports were made in about 24 liftings by various cargo ships to the international market, thereby positioning Ghana as a potential major oil produc-ing country.
More discoveries and successful appraisals have been made, but they are yet to be developed, with plans still underway.
According to sources close to the lead operator of the Jubilee Field, Tullow Oil, production averaged between 82,000 and 84,000 barrels per day for 2011 and it was expected to exceed 100,000 barrels by the end of the year.
They said appraisals carried out in the country's territorial waters gave a sign of reasonable deposits of oil and its associated gas.
Production of oil in commercial quantities on the Jubilee Field, approximately 70 kilometres off the coast of the Western Region, commenced on December 15, 2010.
Further exploration and appraisal drillings in the deepwater Tano Block between 2009-2010 resulted in the discovery of the Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntome (TEN) fields which are located approximately 30 kilometres to the west of the Jubilee Field and are yet to be developed.
Under phase one of the Jubilee project, Ghana is supposed to benefit from 200 billion cubic feet of gas from the Jubilee Field.
Currently, the Ghana Gas Company is working to ensure that by December next year gas will be delivered to the Aboadze Thermal Plant in the Shama District for cheaper production of energy.
When reached for his comments on the achievement so far, a Deputy Energy Minister, Mr Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, commended the Jubilee partners and said it was the focus of the government to ensure that the issues relating to the successful management of the resource were devoid of politics.
He said it was determined to ensure that Ghanaians, who were the owners of the oil resource, benefited from it through the equitable distribution of the money accruing from it in a transparent and accountable manner.
The Deputy Minister said the government would do everything possible to ensure that the interest of the country was protected.
source http://www.myjoyonline.com
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