Author: Krobea

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) have expressed profound shock and disbelief at the sudden death of founder of their arch-rivals National Democratic Congress (NDC) Jerry John Rawlings on Thursday, November 12. In a press release to mourn with the NDC, the NPP said the recognition by leader and President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to declare seven days of national morning for Mr Rawlings is in order. “It cannot be doubted that late former President Rawlings has paid his dues to this country making him deserving of this recognition for a life well lived in honour of country,” the…

Black Stars captain Andre Ayew has dedicated Ghana’s 2-0 win in the AFCON 2021 qualifier against Sudan to former President Jerry John Rawlings, who passed on earlier on matchday. Jerry John Rawlings was confirmed dead on Thursday morning at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The Swansea City forward was unstoppable in the game as he scored two goals – one in each half – to hand Ghana the victory. He later on dedicated the win to the former statesman. Speaking to the media after the game, Ayew said the players before the game wanted to win for the…

The Black Stars of Ghana continued their unbeaten run in the AFCON 2021 qualifier when they defeated Sudan by 2-0 at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium on Thursday afternoon. Per CAF directives, game was played behind closed doors and under strict Covid-19 protocols. Minutes to the start of the game, the Ghana Football Association comunicated that they have had greenlight from CAF to wear black armband and observe a minute silence for Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings who passed away earlier today. Akonnor handed Christopher Nettey his first start and played Emmanuel Lomotey and Afriyie Acquah in the midfield…

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has joined the country’s leaders to mourn the passing of his predecessor Jerry John Rawlings. Mr Rawlings, a retired Flight Lieutenant in the Ghana Armed Forces, died on Thursday, November 12 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra after a short illness. He had served Ghana as the first president of the Fourth Republic and apparently became the first of four ‘Johns’ to successively rule the country – John Agyekum Kufuor, John Evans Atta Mills and John Dramani Mahama. He handed over power to Mr Kufuor in what was touted across the world as…

The family of former president Jerry John Rawlings has requested privacy from well-wishers as they mourn his passing. In a statement issued on behalf of the family, daughter Dr Zanetor Rawlings, who is also the Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle Constituency, confirmed the passing of the first president of the Fourth Republic. “It is with deep sadness that the family of His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings (Rtd), informs the general public that the former President of the Republic, passed away on Thursday morning after a short illness.” News of the death saw many supporters of the National Democratic Congress…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has suspended his campaign for the next one week to mourn the passing of former president Jerry John Rawlings. His running mate, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will also suspend his campaign for the same period. This comes on the heels of the suspension of the campaign of John Dramani Mahama, who was in the Ashanti Region, on a six-day tour. All these disruptions are as a result of the sudden demise of Mr Rawlings on Thursday, November 12. It happened at 10:00am at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, where he was receiving treatment for a…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared seven days of national mourning in honour of Jerry John Rawlings, Ghana’s former head of state who died on Thursday, November 12. The tragic event occurred at 10:00am at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, where he was receiving treatment after a short illness. In a statement released to mourn the passing of the former president, President Akufo-Addo said all national flags will fly at half-mast for the next seven days in all parts of the country “and have declared seven days of national mourning from Friday, 13th November to Friday, 20th November”. “In…

A pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) group of lecturers at the Takoradi Technical University called the Patriotic Intellectuals (PI) has argued that the progress the Akufo-Addo-led Administration have made in the education, the cocoa and the oil and gas sector are unmatched in the annals of Ghana. The group observed that through the introduction of policies in the three sectors, the Ghanaian today is better of than has been under previous governments. Addressing a press conference dubbed ‘Ghanaians must know series – the second edition – on interventions made in the Western Region under President Akufo-Addo; Separating facts from Hard facts’,…

The Ashanti Region Minister has described those saying the ruling government has performed poorly in the Region as suffering from “somnambulism”. Simon Osei Mensah says the opponents, predominantly followers of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), who have been alleging that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has done nothing for Asanteman despite it being the bread-basket for the party in terms of votes, are somnambulists because they cannot see the good works in the Region. The Oxford dictionary defines ‘Somnambulism’ as a situation in which a person walks around whiles sleeping. Speaking on Akoma FM’s morning show GhanAkoma, Mr Osei Mensah touted…

He burst onto the scene in 1979, first in May after a failed coup, but then took over the administration of the country on June 4, 1979 with the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC). The then flight lieutenant handed over power to a civilian administration immediately afterwards, allowing for elections exactly two weeks after that coup d’etat. The elections went into a second round on July 9, 1979 with Dr Hilla Limann beating Victor Owusu to become the President of the Third Republic. But Flt. Lt Jerry John Rawlings returned on December 31, 1981 with the Provisional National Defence Council…