Chiefs and People of Afram Plains in the Eastern Region are mourning the passing of former President Jerry John Rawlings.
According to the Chiefs, Afram Plains owes gratitude to the late President for his great leadership which led to the development of the area when governing the country.
The Chiefs said Afram Plains area was neglected by all previous presidents until JJ Rawlings assumed office, visited the area to acquaint himself with their plight, and started initiating developmental projects in the area.
“All major development in the Afram Plains area was brought by NDC governments. No President of Ghana knew that people were living in this area. JJ Rawlings was the first President to step foot on this land and extended Electricity under the Afram River to the area, constructed and tarred our roads for the first time .it is through JJ Rawlings that the state knew there were even Ghanaians living at the river banks and island Communities” Chief of Kwaekese Nana Kwasi Bampo II said.
Death of JJ Rawlings
Former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings died in the early hours of Thursday, November 12, 2020.
Sources claim he died from Covid-19 believed to have contracted during the funeral rite of his late Mother Madam Victoria Agbotui in October 2020.
Madam Agbotui died at the age of 101.
Jerry John Rawlings was born on June 22, 1947.
JJ Rawlings affectionately called Papa-J was a charismatic military leader and subsequently became a politician who ruled Ghana from 1981 to 2001 and also a brief period in 1979.
He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as democratically elected President of Ghana.
Many Ghanaians have taken to social media to mourn the former President who is the founder of the largest Opposition party the National Democratic Congress, NDC.
National Mourning
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo Addo has declared seven days of national mourning over the demise of former President Jerry John Rawlings.
The President directed in a statement issued Thursday afternoon hours after the death of former President that “all national flags must fly half-mast in the next seven (7) days, and have declared seven days of national mourning from Friday 13th November to Friday 20th November”.
The President and his Vice have both suspended their political Campaigns towards the December 7 election
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
