Mr. David Agbee, the Executive Director of the Ghana Institute of Governance and Security, has said the late former President Jerry John Rawlings has achieved so much for Ghana and suggested that a day should be set aside to honor him just as it has been done for Nelson Mandela of South Africa.
He said Rawlings’s absence will be greatly felt because Ghanaians will lack the presence of someone who constantly shared his views on national issues and put political leaders in check.
The late former President Rawlings will be buried today, Wednesday, January 27, at the Military Cemetery, after a burial service at the Black Star Square in Accra.
Tears flowed at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) when thousands of Ghanaians paid their respects to the departed former President, Jerry John Rawlings as his body is laid in state at the foyer of the center.
In the foyer were his widow, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, and their children — Zanetor, Yaa Asantewaa, Amina, and Kimathi — as well as family members.
Joining diplomat to mourn the late president, Mr. David Agbee said the youth, who did not experience the era of military rule, should be appreciative of the late former President for being the “reason for the fresh air of peace being enjoyed in the country.
“I wrote my MPhil in Political Science on him, as such, I know him both theoretically and academically.”
“I regard him as the father of democracy. His emergence in the eighties brought about accountability to the nation and flushed out corruption. He was a humble man and ready to associate himself with everyone,” a middle-aged man, draped in mourning attire, said.
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