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<\/p>\nA frustrated John Mahama tried to resign from the Vice Presidency before Prof John Evans Atta Mills died, according to Manasseh Awuni.<\/p>\n
The latest book by freelance investigative journalist has revealed that\u00a0 Mr Mahama\u2019s decision to resign as Vice-President was informed by the targeted bureaucratic attacks on him by some presidential staffers and ministers of state in the President Mills administration. John Mahama was routinely treated with disrespect and contempt by these staffers and ministers, according to the book, the \u2018Fourth John: Reign, Rejection and Rebound.<\/p>\n
The book is scheduled for launch on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at the Christ the King Parish Hall in Accra.<\/p>\n
Reviewers of the book say it gives a revealing account of John Mahama\u2019s presidency and chronicles the former National Democratic Congress legislator\u2019s ascension to the high office.<\/p>\n
The 396-page book will also be launched Kumasi, the Ashanti Region capital, on\u00a0Thursday, November 28, at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Kumasi, at 5:30 pm, while the Tamale launch comes off on Friday, November 29, at the GNAT Hall at the same time.<\/p>\n
The launch train will end in Bolgatanga on November 30\u00a0at the Akayet Hotel also at 5:30 p.m. On Sunday, December 1, Manasseh will hold a book reading and signing session in Wa at the Upland Hotel from 2.p.m. to 4.p.m.<\/p>\n
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Ascension to high office<\/b><\/p>\n
That ascension was of John Mahama, at one point, an agenda by the Northern Caucus within the NDC, the book alleges.<\/p>\n
According to the book, John Mahama would have resigned as Veep and subsequently miss out on becoming a President if not for the intervention of the then Chief Director at the Office of the Vice President.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Chief Director at the Office of the Vice President had returned from lunch break to find the typist in the office seriously typing a letter. Official letters often passed through him (the Chief Director), and he then assigned the typist to work on them.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut this was an exception. When he asked typist what he was typing, he said the vice president had given him something to type but he would not speak when asked what it was. Perhaps, the content was too heavy for his mouth.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Chief Director then drew closer to him and looked at the screen of the computer. What greeted him from the screen, alarmed him. It was Vice President John Mahama\u2019s resignation letter that was almost ready. He didn\u2019t have the time to read the full letter. He ordered the typist to stop typing and he headed for John Mahama\u2019s office,\u201d the book states.<\/p>\n
The book also reveals that the Vice President Mahama\u2019s wife, Lordina Mahama, had met with President Mills to complain that the frustration her husband endured was so serious that it affected his conjugal roles at home.<\/p>\n
President Atta Mills, according to sources Manasseh spoke to in the writing of the book did not sanction the ill-treatment meted out to his Vice-President. He took practical steps to assure Vice President Mahama of his support and faith in him.<\/p>\n
Surprisingly, Mahama\u2019s vice president, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, also had his fair share of sidelining and frustration by some Flagstaff House officials as revealed in Manasseh\u2019s book.<\/p>\n
President Mills died in July 2012, and Vice President Mahama took over as President and went ahead to contest and win the 2012 election. His presidency is the focus of Manasseh\u2019s book, but the book also provides intriguing details of plans to make Mahama President even before President Mills selected him as the NDC\u2019s running mate for the 2008 election.<\/p>\n
Manasseh spoke to highly placed sources within the NDC and officials in Mahama\u2019s government to understand how the presidency of John Mahama worked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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