Former president Flt Lt. JJ Rawlings believes Ghanaians are worst off today than times past. According to him, during his era there were policies and interventions formulated to transform the lives of Ghanaians, but today’s leaders have failed the people. “We are worst today than we were before,” Rawlings told a delegation from the Association … Read more
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has described the educational system in Ghana as lacking substance and essence. He said at a time when the country was inundated with so many universities the quality of education has dwindled churning out superficial graduates every year. Mr Rawlings said although the educational system in the country had transformed … Read more
The taxi driver, who, at the peril of his own life, stopped two armed robbers in their tracks on Saturday in Accra, deserves national recognition, former President Jerry Rawlings has said. Mr Rawlings, in a statement, commended the driver for knocking down the gun-wielding robbers, who attacked and robbed a lady near the Lands Commission. … Read more
Former President Jerry John Rawlings, on Thursday December 31, 2015, marked the 34th anniversary of the December 31, 1981 revolution that toppled Dr Hilla Limann of the Third Republic. The ceremony was held at the Revolutionary Square, opposite the Flagstaff House. Some prominent people who joined the former military ruler at the ceremony are Minister … Read more
Former first lady and founder of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has once again lambasted the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, describing it as corrupt. According to her, the Mills/Mahama administration had supervised the most corrupt and reckless practices in the history of the country. She said, “I think the fifth and … Read more
The founder of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has argued it is not impossible for the party to win the 2016 presidential elections. According to her, the change made in the Indian election recently could happen in Ghana. Addressing party members in the Eastern regional capital Koforidua, Saturday, at a swearing … Read more
Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Enoch Teye Mensah has dismissed claims that he was assaulted by former President John Rawlings. According to the former Sports Minister, those rumours and speculations were deliberately put out in the public domain to tarnish his image. Some reports indicate that E.T Mensah was assaulted and slapped by former President … Read more
The founder and leader of the NDP, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has once again demonstrated her dissociation with the party founded by her husband, the NDC, saying she has forgotten about the party. According to her, she had become so focused and occupied with her new party that she has erased what the NDC meant to … Read more
The mother of former first lady of Ghana under the PNDC/NDC era, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has passed on. According to the spokesperson for former President Rawlings, Kofi Adams, Nana Konadu’s mother passed away on Thursday November 5, 2015 at about 13:00 GMT (1:00 PM local time) in Accra. Kofi Adams who was speaking as … Read more
Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings has revealed that she had to rely on her parents and friends to fund the education of her children while she was still the First Lady of Ghana. “Even in office I wasn’t earning any income, I was lecturing outside and I was making some money but I put all the … Read more
Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama joined Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan led and Ivorian Head of State, Dr. Alassane Ouattara to open Akwa Ibom International Stadium in Uyo Nigeria yesterday, with Governor Godswill Obot Akpabio, CON, as chief host. The 30,000 – capacity venue, with a bullet–proof State Box that has 70 seats, has been described … Read more
Former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings, has charged his country’s President, John Mahama, to check what he describes as the “unprecedented levels of corruption” in the West African country. The former military ruler, who has been criticised by members of the opposition New Patriotic Party, for his apparent silence on the state of the … Read more
A former First Lady of Ghana, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, has dismissed media reports that she intends rejoining the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), saying the conditions that led to her leaving the Party have not changed. The wife of ex-president Jerry John Rawlings left the NDC to form the National Democratic Party (NDP) some … Read more
The upcoming national delegates’ congress of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to elect new national executives has taken an interesting twist, founder of the NDC, Jerry John Rawlings is contemplating contesting the post of National Chairman in order to help restore sanity and discipline in the affairs of his party and the nation in general. … Read more