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“Ghana Has Lost An Icon” – Mahama Pays Glowing Tribute To Rawlings
Tributes has been pouring all around for late former President Jerry John Rawlings who suddenly passed yesterday at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after a short illness.
Former President Mahama has also written and emotional letter in honour of the charismatic founder of the NDC for which Mr. Mahama is the flagbearer for the 2020 elections.
Read below…..
Our Founder, President Jerry John Rawlings, is no more
I arrived in Accra tonight, following the suspension of my campaign in the Ashanti Region on hearing the news of the death of our party Founder and former President, Jerry John Rawlings.
I will chair an urgent meeting of the Political Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Friday to among others consider the next steps towards joining the family, government and the people of Ghana to honour the memory of our former President.
President Rawlings was the Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), became Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) in 1981, founded the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and was the first President of the Fourth Republic.
His fight for social justice and the principles of probity and accountability led to major interventions that among others ended coup d’etats in Ghana. He is the Founder of our 4th Republic, which remains easily, the longest period of stable, democratic governance in the history of our beloved country, Ghana.
President Jerry John Rawlings is no longer with us. Ghana has lost an icon.
At this time of deep sorrow, Lordina and I send our heartfelt condolences to HE Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, the children, immediate family, the countless number of his former colleagues, and the people of Ghana. Please accept our heartfelt condolences for this immense loss.
Now, more than ever, we have a sacred duty to uphold and defend the values of the 4th Republic that President Rawlings held so dear – peace, democracy, probity and accountability, respect for human rights, freedom of the press, tolerance and inclusion. In doing this, we honour the man who brought us the gift of a free and democratic society.
We will honour him with the same energy and love with which he led our people, and we shall never forget his contributions to the cause of Ghana, Africa, and the World.
Source: GhanaFeed.Com
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Akufo-Addo Threatens To Sack Ministers Over Flagbearer Campaign
President Akufo-Addo has threstened to kick out ministers in his government who continue to engage in flagbearer campaign activities few months into his second term.
Disclosing this on Asaase Radio, the New Patriotic Party (NPP’s) General Secretary, John Boadu said “President Akufo-Addo, in his capacity as the President of the Republic of Ghana, has made it clear that anybody that he finds to be distracting his government as a result of his or her ambition, he would not hesitate in getting them out of his government, so that they can concentrate on their presidential ambition or whatever.
“Sometimes it is very difficult for me to talk about these things but it looks like that is what we are to do. So we are putting forward some proposals to the [NPP] National Steering Committee quickly by this month we would be at a National Executive Committee to fashion out some guidance in order to allow government work to go on.”
“What it means is that it would get all and sundry to understand that there is no point in testing waters now whether by their assigns or by they themselves or whoever and there would be very punitive sanctions if one decides to disobey such a measure”, Mr Boadu noted.
Source: GhanaFeed.com
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Court Finds Akuapem Poloo Guilty Over Naked Picture With Son
The Accra Circuit Court has convicted actress, Rosemond Brown, popularly known as, Akuapem Poloo after she admitted guilty on her own plea.
Akuapem Polo who has been charged with publication of nude pictures with her seven-year-old son earlier pleaded not guilty when she was first arraigned, but changed her plea on Wednesday.
According to a report by Starrfm, the accused person pleaded guilty to all three charges and was convicted on her own plea by the court presided over by Her Honour Christina Cann.
EIB Network’s Court Correspondent Murtala Inusah reports that the court has deferred her sentencing to Friday, April 16, 2021, for her to undergo a pregnancy test in compliance with the law regarding a woman who has pleaded guilty in court.
Meanwhile she has been remanded into custody for the prosecution to take her to any Government hospital to conduct the pregnancy test.
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‘4 More To Do More Dumsor’ – Yvonne Nelson Expresses Disappointment In Akufo-Addo
Actress Yvonne Nelson has expressed disappointment in President Akufo-Addo after the recent power outages that has bedeviled the country.
In a series of tweets, she expressed unhappiness over how dumsor is resurfacing five years after her vigil against the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration, although the authorities are downplaying the seriousness of the situation.
Using the governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2020 campaign slogan of “4 more to do more”, mocked: “4 more to do more Dumsor”.
She called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to fix the problem, adding: “Never did Ghanaians think you’d let us experience dumsor”.
The tweets read: “4 more to do more DUMSOR”
“Seriously!!!!! This has to stop MR PRESIDENT. #DUMSORMUSTSTOP @NAkufoAddo
“NEVER did Ghanaians think you’d let us EXPERIENCE #dumsor but here we are ….. same leader who bashed ex-president years back! Our leaders keep FAILING us!
“Continue fighting for them…..you’ll sleep in the heat, they’ll sleep in their a/cs regardless.”
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