Accra, Dec. 10 GNA – Professor John Evans Atta Mills, the
Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)
on Wednesday, said he was ready for the Presidency. Accepting the results of the 2008 presidential polls declared by
the Electoral Commission (EC, he thanked the people of Ghana for
their turn-out for the polls and called on them to vote massively for
him in the re-run scheduled for December 28 to make a complete
change. “We have more parliamentary seats and have scored seven out
of the ten regions; we need only the presidency to make the change
complete”, Prof. Atta Mills said as he reacted to the results
announced by the EC and called on the parties that campaigned on
the message of change to make the change real by joining hands
with the NDC to win the run-off. Professor Mills promised to offer a change that will give
Ghanaians better and equal opportunities for all Ghanaians. He said when he becomes the president, he would take measures
to effect change and reduce the tariffs and taxes on petroleum
products within the first hundred days of his government and
recalled that despite the decrease in prizes of crude oil on the world
markets the present government had done nothing about them to
reduce the prices locally. “With Atta Mills, we have no hesitations in reducing drastically
the prizes of petroleum products”, Professor Mills said. He called on civil servants, public servants and the security
services to give him their mandate promising that he would offer
better working conditions. The NDC presidential candidate expressed his appreciation to
the EC, local and international observers for their role in this year’s
elections. He also thanked Ghanaians and the media and urged the
electorate to come out and vote massively for the NDC, come
December 28. “I know you will speak again on December 28. I promise you
that together with all Ghanaians we shall build a better Ghana.” The NDC and the minority will leave no stone unturned to
capture power to increase the lot of the ordinary Ghanaians. 10 Dec. 08
Source: GhanaWeb
