Hon Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
(1) notes with sadness the death of Ghana's president, Mr John Atta- Mills, on 24 July 2012 at the age of 68;
(2) further notes that he earned a law degree from the University of Ghana in 1967 and a doctorate from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London;
(3) acknowledges that he wrote widely on taxation and was later Ghana's commissioner of internal revenue;
(4) believes that he had a calming and stabilising influence and under his leadership, Ghana's democracy was consolidated; and
4) extends its heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, colleagues and the people of Ghana.
Agreed to.
The presiding officers associate themselves with the motion. The condolences of the House will be conveyed to the Atta-Mills family and to the people of Ghana.