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BY: Chris Nunoo, Donald Ato Dapatem & Emmanuel Bonney
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A grateful nation yesterday bid an emotional farewell to the first President of the Fourth Republic, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, whose remains were lowered into their final resting place at the new Military Cemetery behind the Burma Camp.
Accra, the national capital, almost stood still as Ghanaians and the international community came together to say adieu to the 73-year-old former President.
The sombre mood extended beyond Accrato other parts of the country.
It was a fitting honour to the former military leader and democratically elected President, whose towering presence in the politics of the country spanned a combined period of 19 years, the longest by any leader in the country.
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Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams of Ghana, founder of Action Chapel International is one of the most influential Pentecostal leaders in Africa. He acquired global fame when invited to lead the Inauguration Day Prayer Service for President Donald Trump, becoming the first African preacher to pray for an American President. On New Year eve, I virtually “crossed over” to his church in Accra, and watched him on Dominion TV as he preached a powerful end-of-the-year sermon on fear to usher in 2021. He is one preacher I will definitely love to interview:
I say to everybody here listening to the sound of my voice: Success has nothing to do with how much money you saved and you made. True success has nothing to do with your cars, your possessions, your houses, your commitments and your deals. But true success that gives you a place in eternity and place in history has everything to do with the difference you made in the lives of others. And if you claim you are b