Prof Atta Mills Back Home

The Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor John Atta Mills, has returned to Ghana after a two week visit to the United Kingdom-Ireland and North America branches of the party.

During the visit, Prof. Mills met with key political and business figures and interacted with the Ghanaian community in the two nations.

This was contained in a release signed by the Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Mr Baba Jamal, in Accra at the weekend.

According to the release, Prof Mills cut short his visit in order to join the September 2, 2003 NDC demonstration in Kumasi. It said the demonstration, dubbed “Kafo Didi,” is being organised by the Ashanti Regional branch of the NDC to highlight the worsening economic hardships and its concomitant effect on the broad masses of the people.

The release said the demonstration would also mark the start of a nation-wide protest against plans by the Kufuor administration to increase the VAT rate from 12.5 per cent to 15 per cent which would impose an additional tax burden on the people.

It said the former President and Founder of the NDC, Flt Lt (retd) Jerry John Rawlings, is also expected back in Accra from Europe at the weekend to join the National Chairman of the party, Dr Obed Yao Asamoah, to participate in the demonstration.

The release said a special team from the national headquarters, made up of key organisers of the May 6, 2003 “March for Survival” in Accra, had already arrived in Kumasi to assist in the preparations.