The President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency, John Dramani Mahama has laid a foundation stone for the construction of the Professor Atta Mills Memorial Research Library which would be affiliated to the University of Cape Coast in Cape Coast.

The construction of the Library was part of activities to commemorate the first anniversary celebration of the demise of the former President. The state-of-the-art library when completed would immortalize the late former President, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills. It would also serve as an International Center for researchers in the country and abroad.