The Fourth John; Reign, Rejection & Rebound

THE FOURTH JOHN: Reign, Rejection & Rebound

An influential northern caucus is secretly meeting and grooming him to contest the man who will select him as a vice presidential candidate; a meeting between the first lady and the Brong Ahafo caucus results in, perhaps, the fastest ministerial reshuffle in the history of the country; at 2a.m, before the breaking of a major scandal, there is a meeting between the president's friend and the investigative journalist about how to involve the main opposition leader in the story to minimize the damage to the president in the upcoming election; the wife of the president reports the wife of the vice president to the vice president's mother; and the night before a crucial election, the president and his main contender are locked up in a meeting with Ghana's most revered traditional ruler.

These and other revealing accounts on governance, policies and programmes of the fourth presidency of Ghana's Fourth Republic are the intriguing contents of this book.

Here, the journalist whose investigations are believed to have contributed to the downfall of the administration gets brutally intimate with the regime. Rare interviews with key figures of the the governing party and the historical contexts to contemporary events provide readers and students of African politics the inside story of what is considered the model democracy on the continent. The fluidity of the writing style and humor makes this book about politics and governance in Ghana's Fourth Republic, informative, educative and entertaining.

Author: Manasseh Azure Awuni