Tribute to President Prof. John Evans Atta Mills
I am sure that if people are asked to describe Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, one person out of every two Ghanaians on the street will use some of these words to describe, the just demised president of the Republic of Ghana: God Fearing, Peace Lover, Humble, Calm and Modest. I never had any personal interaction with President Mills. In fact the closest distance that I had with him, was when he was Candidate of the NDC in the 2008 Election. He had come to the Large Lecture Theatre of the University of Cape Coast to speak to students and ask for our votes. At the time, I was the SRC President and as I received all other candidates who wanted to come, I equally received Prof. Mills and granted seat on the stage with him as he addressed the Students of the University of Cape Coast in the Large Lecture. He spoke very eloquently about how education he wanted education to be in Ghana, and I remember one sentence he made which has always been on my mind. ‘ Education must be responsi...