Atta Mills ready for run-off

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