AMA names High Street, Millenium School after Mills

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly has named the Accra High Street and the new Millennium City School at the Salvation Army Cluster of Schools, after the late President John Evans Atta Mills.
 
At an emergency meeting by the Assembly on Monday to pass a resolution of change of name, the Assembly concluded that the Accra High Street should be called “Evans Atta Mills Street”, while the Salvation Army Cluster of Schools as will now be known as “President Evans Atta Mills Educational Center of Excellence”.
 
Addressing the members of the Assembly, Mayor of the City Dr. Alfred Oko Vanderpuije said the changes will take effect even before the former President’s mortal remains are laid to rest on the 10th August 2012.
 
According to Dr. Vanderpiuje, the Assembly passed the resolutions in recognition of the fallen Ghanaian leader’s immeasurable contribution to improve the social and economic infrastructural facilities within the Accra Metropolis.
 
He said the change of name is also in recognition of the fact that, the late President’s last official public engagement was the commissioning of the Millennium City School on 18th July 2012 before his demise.
 
To further cement the Assembly’s commitment to recognizing the deeds of the late president, some members proposed that a statue of Professor John Evans Atta Mills be erected around the National Lottery Authority area to serve as a permanent reminder of his tenure as President of Ghana.
 
Some also suggested that the Salvation Army cluster of schools should be transformed into an ultra-modern centre of learning to reflect the quest for academic excellence espoused by Prof Mills.
 
Later, Mayor Alfred Vanderpuye, Presiding Member Desmond Addo Biney and other officials of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly signed the Book of Condolence opened at the International Conference Centre.