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Former President Jerry John Rawlings
A close confidant of the late Former President, Jerry John Rawlings, Dr. Akofa Segbefia has indicated that the late president was very pained when the country’s political system was monetized.
Dr. Segbefia noted that in 1992, there was nothing like the buying of votes and delegates but all that changed in the 2000s and that did not sit well with the late President J.J Rawlings.
The Social Commentator in an interview with Samuel Eshun on a special edition of the Happy Morning Show, celebrating the funeral rites of J.J Rawlings said, “In 1992, there was nothing like monetization, buying delegates etc. in our body politics. But 2000 was the time we started introducing money into our politics and that didn’t sit well with him”.
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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.
Former President Jerry John Rawlings
A close confidant of the late Former President, Jerry John Rawlings, Dr. Akofa Segbefia has indicated that the late president was very pained when the country’s political system was monetized.
Dr. Segbefia noted that in 1992, there was nothing like the buying of votes and delegates but all that changed in the 2000s and that did not sit well with the late President J.J Rawlings.
The Social Commentator in an interview with Samuel Eshun on a special edition of the Happy Morning Show, celebrating the funeral rites of J.J Rawlings said, “In 1992, there was nothing like monetization, buying delegates etc. in our body politics. But 2000 was the time we started introducing money into our politics and that didn’t sit well with him”.
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The funeral of His Excellency Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings will commence today (Sunday, January 24, 2021) with a Catholic Requiem Mass at the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Accra.
The Mass offered for the repose of the soul of a deceased person will be between 2 pm and 4 pm today. It is the first event on a four-day funeral schedule.
The mass will be followed by a vigil at the Air Force Officers Mess near the El-Wak Stadium at 6 pm.
Watch a live stream of the Mass below;
The former President will be laid-in-state at the Accra International Conference Centre for two days from Monday, January 25, 2021, to Tuesday, January 26, 2021.