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Vol 43 No 22

Published 8th November 2002


Ghana

Yes, Professor!

Two academics go head to head for the opposition leadership

Two Fanti law professors from Central Region, former Vice-President John Evans Atta Mills and former Finance Minister Kwesi Botchwey, are battling for nomination as the presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress at its national conference in December. They were colleagues at the University of Ghana, Legon; Atta Mills now works at the University of British Columbia, Canada, Botchwey at Columbia University in New York City. Both believe that disillusionment with President John Kufuor's government will help the NDC back to power in 2004.

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