Covid-19: Watch Rawlings’ funeral virtually – Oppong Nkrumah urge Ghanaians LISTEN
JAN 26, 2021
Information Minister designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah is appealing to Ghanaians to watch the funeral and burial activities of the late former President Jerry Rawlings virtually to avoid a possible spread of COVID-19 with many people massing up at the venue.
He said, given the current regulations for public gathering, admitting a large number of people to observe the final funeral rites of the late President will flout social distancing protocols of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Addressing journalists at a press conference in Accra on Monday, January 25, 2021, the Ofoase Ayirebi legislator noted that “the funeral rites of former President Rawlings is ongoing, but you don t need to be there in person. You can follow it virtually on television and on online platforms.”
Rawlings’ funeral: Liberia, Sierra Leone Presidents among foreign dignitaries expected LISTEN
JAN 25, 2021
Liberia President George Weah and Sierra Leone President, Julius Maada Bio are among foreign dignitaries expected to attend the funeral of former President Jerry Rawlings in Ghana.
Mamadou Tangara, The Gambia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs; Dr. Ibn Chambas, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel as well as delegations from the ECOWAS Commission, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria are also expected at the state funeral, according to Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Information Minister-designate.
Ghanaians from all walks of life have been filing past the body of the late former President.
Young Rawlings during his military days
Prof Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi has said former President Jerry Rawlings was skeptical of democracy which he saw as a western invention unsuitable for Africa.
Gyimah-Boadi, a co-founder of Afrobarometer think-tank, is quoted in an AFP news agency report as saying Rawlings had always openly showed his dislike for democracy.
“Jerry Rawlings was deeply democratic-skeptical and never missed an opportunity to express his dislike for multiparty democracy.
“For him, it was an invention of the West that did not suit Africa. It is therefore absurd that our current parties today claim it!” he added.
The AFP report centered on the start of Rawlings’ funeral activities and had a headline, “Ghana prepares to bury ex-leader Rawlings as parties vie over legacy.”
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