{"id":19409,"date":"2011-12-22T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T12:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/rawlings-angryover-sale-of-playing-fields\/"},"modified":"2011-12-22T12:02:02","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T12:02:02","slug":"rawlings-angryover-sale-of-playing-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/22\/rawlings-angryover-sale-of-playing-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Rawlings Angry\u2026Over Sale Of Playing Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/095cjerry_rawlings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31817\" title=\"jerry_rawlings\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/095cjerry_rawlings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jerry John Rawlings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings has bemoaned the indiscriminate selling of playing fields by men in authority in the country.<\/p>\n<p>To the National Democratic Congress (NDC) founder, the practice was killing sporting talents, admonishing those in authority to ensure it was stopped, else posterity would not hold the country guiltless.<\/p>\n<p>Rawlings made the remark when ex-Stars defender Sammy Osei Kuffuor called on him at his Ridge residence in Accra on Friday to invite the ex-president to his testimonial match which takes place on 23rd December 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are selling all the playing grounds we grew up to meet, as if we have no sense of social needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are destroying our recreational fields. We have no place for our kids to play; how do we expect to produce more sporting talents?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is happening as a result of selfish behavior of some people, and if we don\u2019t restore our ethical values, we will sink deeper,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Rawlings, a former cricket bowler and a lover of hockey, gave Osei Kuffuor the assurance of his presence for the latter\u2019s testimonial match scheduled for the Baba Yara Stadium this Friday.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Kofi Owusu Aduonum<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Jerry John Rawlings Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings has bemoaned the indiscriminate selling of playing fields by men in authority in the country. To the National Democratic Congress (NDC) founder, the practice was killing sporting talents, admonishing those in authority to ensure it was stopped, else posterity would not hold the country guiltless. Rawlings made the remark when ex-Stars defender Sammy Osei Kuffuor called on him at his Ridge residence in Accra on Friday to invite the ex-president to his testimonial match which takes place on 23rd December 2011. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rawlings Angry\u2026Over Sale Of Playing Fields - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/22\/rawlings-angryover-sale-of-playing-fields\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Rawlings Angry\u2026Over Sale Of Playing Fields - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Jerry John Rawlings Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings has bemoaned the indiscriminate selling of playing fields by men in authority in the country. 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