General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has noted that President Akufo-Addo is doing all he can to hijack the funeral of the party’s founder, Jerry John Rawlings.
Rawlings died on Thursday, 12 November 2020 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital while on admission.
Speaking to Citi News, Asiedu Nketia stated that the NDC felt sidelined after the President in his statement of condolence failed to recognise the fact that President Rawlings was the founder of the NDC”.
“The President has refused to recognise that the man belongs to NDC, and he is the founder of NDC”, he argued, adding: “Everything about this funeral, so far, depicts an attempt by an opponent to hijack the funeral of the founding father of our political party, and we don’t think the funeral of our party founder ought to be organised somewhere, and we get invited,” he told Citi News.
He added: “We have called on the immediate family to share condolences, and we are beginning to discuss the way forward. We have directed all branches of our party countrywide to organise events countrywide that will give a fitting celebration of the life of our founder… We will participate [in the national funeral] but that will not stop us from organising our own thing.”
Source: GhanaFeed.com
