Rawlings was a radical liberal – (Rtd) Major Kojo Boakye-Djan LISTEN
FEB 2, 2021
Major Kojo Boakye-Djan (Rtd), a key architect of the June 4 uprising of 1979, has described ex-President Jerry John Rawlings as a radical liberal.
He said although Ghana s former leader may have appeared tough and strong headed to many, he had a listening ear, and could be persuaded so far as he considered an argument convincing enough.
The retired Major recalled that former President Rawlings was not hard wired towards any particular political ideology, but was basically a person who believed in doing what it took to solve a problem.
Major Boakye-Djan, spokesperson for the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) of 1979, which had former President Rawlings as its chairman, told the Ghana News Agency in an exclusive interview, that the Former President was highly drawn to wisdom and intelligence, and would listen if one struck him as worth listening to.
Final Call News
In the pantheon of great African leaders who have joined the ranks of the ancestors, Kwame Nkrumah, Nelson Mandela, Robert Mugabe, Muammar Gadhafi, Sekou Toure and Gamal Abdel Nasser, it would be impossible to exclude Flight Lt. Jerry John Rawlings from that number.
Mr. Rawlings led the Republic of Ghana for 19 years from 1981 to 2000 as its longest serving president and is credited with successfully transforming Ghana from military rule to a multiparty democracy with consecutive smooth power transfers.
An official state funeral for Mr. Rawlings was held Jan. 27 in Accra, Ghana, the nation’s seaside capital.
Leaders and voices globally remembered the statesman, who passed away in Ghana on November 12, 2020, after a short illness. He was 73-years old.
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Doing a regular column is no easy undertaking. Sometimes, settling on a theme or subject alone, can be as intellectually and creatively taxing as writing out the detailed article. I was in that kind of state of mind this past Thursday, and was about to put it down to a writer’s drought and give up, when inspiration landed on my laps!
It came in the form of a retired Lt. Colonel of the Ghana Army. He had called me in an agitated tone of voice, which I guessed may have ended up as a lament or even dirge – not in short supply in these days of the Kyebi mafia!
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Banasco Seidu Nuhu, A Former Parliamentary Candidate for the New Patriotic Party For Sawla-Tuna-Kalba Constituency in the Savannah Region has graduated from the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping and Training Centre.
The young, affable politician Mr Banasco Nuhu was part of a graduation held on Friday, January 29, 2021, at the Burma Hall of the Burma Camp.
Mr Nuhu after the graduation thanked the Almighty God for his protection and guidance throughout the academic journey. First and foremost I will say Thank you to God for protecting and guiding me through the thick and thin of my journey to obtain my Master of Arts degree in Conflict, Peace And Security .
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