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A PRESIDENT DIES IN OFFICE, drama unfolds, what next?

That's not to say prior to President Mills' passing there was no drama in Ghana. The man himself had come out en route to the US for check up to declare he was not dead following rumours. There was also the saga of the 51 million cedi payment to Alfred Woyome. Of course the galloping gallopers and Isotofon judgement debts or whatever payments they were. The day of Mill’s death also saw former AG and education minister Betty Mould Iddrisu spectacular appearance before the Public Accounts Committee ending in exchanges with the PAC chairman Albert Kan Dapaa as tempers were rising.as for the State Broadcaster's coverage the least said the better. Weeks after international media had long moved on with Ghana’s new president and veep, well over here everything else came to a standstill unless related, because we were mourning Prof Mills - that's not to say something is wrong with that, but for how long?. Soon after the news of the death had been digested , more wahala cam...