The Jerry John Rawlings Foundation, on behalf of the Rawlings' family through the Ministry of Information, wishes to announce to the media that no media house or any recording or picture taking gadget would be allowed into the lobby of the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) where the mortal remains of the late President His Excellency Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings have been laid-in-state.
Jerry John Rawlings
During the reign of Rawlings as President in the Fourth Republic, he was famous for his sayings.
Below are memorable quotes by Jerry John Rawlings. Nothing beats logic than a government that forces itself on its citizens. A genuine conducted electoral process should be without the harsh use of the armed forces, and without fear of intimidation. This is the best way to assure people that their will has prevailed, thus produces a cleansing effect in the society. Democracy is not realized merely by having a machinery for registering voters and getting them to vote every four years, but also by there being a machinery for identifying the needs of those voters in between the election periods, and monitoring the realization of those needs.
Rawlings will receive a 21 gun-salute on Wednesday Gov t LISTEN
JAN 25, 2021
Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the late former President Jerry John Rawlings will be accorded a Commander-in-Chief status at his burial service on Wednesday, January 27, 2021.
The Ghana Armed Forces would therefore fire a 21-gun salute and offer other military courtesies to him.
Addressing the media in Accra on Monday, Mr Oppong Nkrumah said the family of the former president had requested that no recording gadgets should be allowed at the Lobby of the Accra International Conference Centre(AICC), where the former President s mortal remains laid-in-state.
He urged the media to respect the wishes of the family of the former president to avert any unnecessary heckling or confrontation with the security detail tasked to maintain law and order at the place.
Hundreds of Ghanaians on Monday started filing past the mortal remains of former President Jerry John Rawlings to pay last respect to him at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).
It was a sorrowful spectacle with the aged, the middle-aged and young pouring in at the Centre, some sobbing, with others visibly holding back their tears for the late former President.
A delegation of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), led by Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the National Chairman and Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu, the Acting Chairman of the NDC s Council of Elders, were among mourners at the AICC, to pay their last respect to former President Rawlings, the Founder of the NDC.