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Renowned lawyer and politician, Sam Okudzeto has blamed government officials for the over politicization of ex-President Mills� illness which blinded them to his health limitations and caused his death. �We have been careless and callous about his health condition,� he stated. Lawyer Okudzeto blamed the people around the late President for forcing him to stay in office to execute official duties at the Castle. Speaking on Adom FM�s Midday News Wednesday, he said President Mills should have been advised to resign and hand over to President John Mahama to execute the rest of his mandate while he received proper medical attention and rested. �We should have compelled him to seek proper treatment; look a person�s life was at stake and we should have done something about it,� he insisted. Mr Okudzeto, who is also a former President of the Ghana Bar Association, questioned why government officials decided to toy with the life of no mean a person than the President by denying his health problems. On the impact of Prof Mills� death on the NDC, lawyer Sam Okudzeto said the huge cost that will be incurred by the party in having to change the party posters and paraphernalia that have been printed already as well as the cost of going for a possible congress to elect a new flagbearer could all have been avoided. Asked if the NPP may suffer any backlash from the former president�s death, Lawyer Okudzeto answered in the negative. He said neither the NPP nor Nana Addo prevented officials from seeking proper medical attention for the ex president. He added that some senior members of the NPP had rather expressed concern about the issue but government officials failed to heed their caution. Also speaking on the news was Lawyer David Annan who also admitted that President Mills� ailment had been overly politicized. He expressed the hope that the lessons from the ex-President�s death will guide the nation. He also explained that President John Mahama is now the leader of the NDC having assumed the highest office as President of the Republic. Lawyer Annan said in the next few days, the National Executive committee of the NDC will meet to determine the future of the party; whether to go to congress or not.