…….. Veep now PR Officer for gov’t

In the wake of President Mills arrival from a “routine medical checkup” in the United States of America, and upon recommendations made by his medical team to “cool off”, the Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Mr Ato Ahwoi, has been put in charge of running the nation.

Sources at the Castle tell the New Statesman that President Mills’ limited number of public appearances made in the aftermath of his return from the USA has been recommended by his doctors so ad to allow him relax and gain enough energy ahead of the rigorous campaign for the December polls.

The best man, to make decisions in the absence of the President, according to castle sources is Mr Ato Ahwoi who has been a close confidante of the President and viewed by many as the de-facto Prime Minister of Ghana.

The New Statesman can also reveal that Capt. Kojo Tsikata (Rtd) has now been put in charge of Ghana’s security apparatus exercising control and a supervisory role over the Defense Minister, Brig. General Henry Smith.

The Vice President, who ordinarily should be the man running the affairs of the nation in the event of the President taking some time off, has been reduced to a mere Public Relations Officer for the Presidency and now being described as the “Face of the Presidency”.