Mrs ernestina naadu mills biography

The former First Lady and wife of the late President John Evans Atta Mills, Ernestina Naadu Mills has made some pronouncements on what led to the unfortunate and painful death of her husband.

According to her, “…Fiifi was often battered and bruised on the battlefield of politics but he held firm to his values of truth, simplicity, honesty and abiding respect for all. These were the qualities I loved about him’’.

Mrs Naadu Mills made this revelation at the 10th Anniversary Commemorative Lecture on the theme “The Man John Evans Atta Mills-Ten Years On.”

On 24th July which marked 10 years after the demise of Prof JEA Mills, Madam Naadu Mills intimated that her husband was bruised, tortured and battered to death.

Although the cause of Prof JEA Mills’ death other than the fact that he was severely sick has not been revealed to the public, there have been pockets of speculations concerning what killed him.

Friends, confidantes, and family members have sometimes pointed fingers accusingly at the negligence of one party to the other.
Other names have been featured as people who potentially had a role to play in JEA Mills’ death directly or indirectly.

Mrs. Mills revealed that serving at the highest levels of government was an opportunity for her husband to help change the character of Ghana politics for the better. So she believes that posterity will honor him for his sacrifice for his country.

She has, however, lamented the fact that she has been alone for ten years since the death of the late President, who was her friend, husband, and confidante.

-BY Daniel Bampoe

Ernestina Naadu Mills, (née Botchway) is a Ghanaian educator and former First Lady of Ghana. She was the wife of former Ghanaian president John Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012), and is the recipient of a Humanitarian award from the Health Legend Foundation.

Quotes

• Investing in girl-child education has immediate and long term benefits. It does not only build the assertiveness of the girls, it also builds self-confidence and empowers them to properly position themselves to be active participants in nation building,"—— "As an educationist, my joy knows no bounds when I see girls excel and as First Ladies and agenda shapers of our respective countries, we must resolve to continue to give more meaning to girl-child education and not only pay lip service to it.

• My late husband and I loved God’s word and after his demise, the Bible remains my most important source of comfort and encouragement; by the word of God, you can overcome any challenge that you face in life and it will help you take responsibility of your own lives.

External links

Ernestina Naadu Mills (née Botchway) be Ghanaian educator den former First Lady of Ghana. Na she be de wife of former Ghanaian presido John Atta Mills (dem born am 21 July 1944 – she die 24 July 2012) wey she be recipient of Humanitarian award from de Health Legend Foundation. Na she be de Second Lady of Ghana from 1996 dey go 2001. She teach for 33 years, wey she teach for schools like Aburi Girls' Senior High School, Achimota School den Holy Trinity Cathedral Senior High School. Dem honour am for other countries den Ghana too secof ein contribution to children's education.

Ein early life den education

Cornelius Teye Botchway, cocoa businessman den Madam Alberta Abetso Abbey, dem all be natives for Prampram town for de Greater Accra Region insyd wey dem born Ernestina Naadu Botchway for Accra insyd. Mills attend Aburi Girl's Secondary School as de former Cocoa Marketing Board wey now be Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), grant am full scholarship, after she pass ein Common Entrance Examination. After she receive ein GCE Ordinary Level certificate, she chop two years as teacher for de Specialist Training College (STC) for Winneba insyd.

After she teach for Kototabi Mixed school for two years wey she san return go STC so sey she go obtain Diploma insyd Home Economics. Na she get desire make she continue dey improve ein body whilst she dey teach, she attend de University of Ghana, Legon wey she plete Bachelor of Arts degree insyd Sociology den Psychology. She san so get Master of Philosophy degree insyd Sociology, she specialize for Deviant Behaviour den Control insyd.

Ein career

As she plete ein teacher training course she teach for Kotobabi (One) Mixed Middle School for two years. After she graduate plus Diploma insyd Home Economic she re

Ghanaian former first lady

Ernestina Naadu Mills (née Botchway) is a Ghanaian educator and former First Lady of Ghana. She was the wife of former Ghanaian president John Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012), and is the recipient of a Humanitarian award from the Health Legend Foundation. She was also the Second Lady of Ghana from 1996 to 2001. She taught for 33 years, teaching in schools such as Aburi Girls' Senior High School, Achimota School and Holy Trinity Cathedral Senior High School. She has been honoured in other countries and in Ghana for her contribution to children's education.

Early life and education

Ernestina Naadu Botchway was born in Accra to Cornelius Teye Botchway, a cocoa businessman and Madam Alberta Abetso Abbey, both natives of Prampram a town in the Greater Accra Region. Mills attended Aburi Girl's Secondary School on a full scholarship granted by the then Cocoa Marketing Board now Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), after successfully passing her Common Entrance Examination. After receiving her GCE Ordinary Level certificate, she spent two years training as a teacher at the Specialist Training College (STC) in Winneba.

After teaching at Kototabi Mixed school for two years she then returned to STC to obtain a Diploma in Home Economics. With a desire to continuously improve herself whilst teaching, she attended the University of Ghana, Legon and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Psychology. She also had a Master of Philosophy degree in sociology, specialising in Deviant Behaviour and Control.

Career

Upon completing her teacher training course she taught at Kotobabi (One) Mixed Middle School for two years. After graduating with Diploma in Home Economic she returned to her alma mater, Aburi Girl's Secondary School to teach Home Economic, specialising in Clothing a