Bagbin reveals what he would ve been doing If he wasn t elected Speaker of Parliament LISTEN
JAN 26, 2021
Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin has revealed the work he had planned to do after his exit from the 7th Parliament as a parliamentarian.
Bagbin in the early hours of January 7, 2021, was elected Speaker of the eighth Parliament after beating his contender, Hon. Mike Aaron Ocquaye with just two votes.
His victory over Prof. Ocquaye came few hours after his tenure as the Member of Parliament officially came to an end after the dissolution of the 7th Parliament in the midnight of January 6, 2021.
Former President Jerry John Rawlings died on November 12, 2020
Hello and welcome to Day 3 of the final funeral rites of Former President of Ghana, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo heads to the Accra International Conference Centre to pay his last respect to Jerry John Rawlings, Ghana’s first president of the 4th Republic who died on November 12, 2020.
Nana Akufo-Addo will be joined by Vice President Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia; First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo; Second Lady, Samira Bawumia; Former Presidents and spouses; spouses of Former Vice Presidents; Chief of Staff; Secretary to the President; Secretary to Cabinet; Heads and Former Heads of Constitutional Bodies.
Jerry John Rawlings with Hilla Limann
Acheampong was accused not only of corruption but also of maintaining Ghana s dependency on pre-colonial powers, in a situation that led to economic decline and impoverishment. Jerry John Rawlings and Muammar Al Gaddafi
He led an unsuccessful coup attempt against the ruling military government on May 15, 1979, just five weeks before scheduled democratic elections were due to take place.
Rawlings and six other soldiers staged a coup against the government of General Fred Akuffo, but failed and were arrested by the military. Jerry John Rawlings
He was publicly sentenced to death in a General Court Martial and imprisoned, although his statements on the social injustices that motivated his actions won him civilian sympathy.
Rawlings respected his seniors – Dr. Amoako Nuamah eulogizes Rawlings LISTEN
JAN 26, 2021
Dr. Christine Amoako Nuamah, a National Democratic Congress stalwart who is also a former Minister and Presidential Advisor has eulogized the late former President Jerry John Rawlings describing him as someone who respected his senior and age.
According to her, Mr. Rawling showed respect to even the common man.
She noted that the NDC founder cared for Ghana more than himself.
“Rawling was a person who respected age because I was older than him. I really can say he never called me by name. If he wanted to joke, he will call me reverend because I had said a few things about Jesus Christ to him, so he would jokingly call me Rev. or some other name. Normally he would call me madam or some other address.”
He loved Ghana to the core, corrected many wrongs – Fritz Baffour eulogises Rawlings LISTEN
JAN 26, 2021
Politician and communication consultant, Fritz Baffour says the sorrow that has gripped Ghanaians following the demise of ex-President Jerry John Rawlings is indicative that Ghana has lost an ‘iconic’ person who had the country at heart.
Eulogizing the late former President whose four-day state burial is currently underway, Mr. Baffour explained that the many people trooping to the Accra International Conference Centre to pay their last respects to the statesman show that a great tree had indeed fallen.
“It’s expected because he was a very much part and parcel of our life. Since 1979, he’s been our iconic figure and a very powerful human being in our scheme of things. So it is expected of Ghanaians. Some of them, the only person they have known is Jerry John Rawlings so this is the time for them to come to the reality that he is no more. But what we pray for i