{"id":274996,"date":"2011-01-28T08:31:04","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T08:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=49800"},"modified":"2011-01-28T08:31:04","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T08:31:04","slug":"jjs-ridge-house-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/","title":{"rendered":"JJ\u2019s Ridge House Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-49801\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/28\/jj%e2%80%99s-ridge-house-back\/jj_house_fire\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-49801\" title=\"jj_house_fire\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/jj_house_fire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Eleven months after devastating fire  ravaged the Ridge residence of former President Jerry John Rawlings and  his family, destroying all their personal belongings, the Ghanaian  Observer (GO) newspaper can report that preparation works have earnestly  started paving the way for the reconstruction of the gutted house.<br \/>\nGO  can authoritatively report that workers using bulldozers and other  construction equipments are seriously clearing the debris at the former  residence of the former first family, apparently to ensure that the  project is completed on schedule. Workers on site would not say anything  when quipped about the work schedule for the completion of the new  house as well as whether architects would maintain the original  structure or there would be a change of structure and design.<br \/>\nA  raging fire gutted the Ridge residence of the former President on Saint  Valentine\u2019s Day last year February 14th amidst loud explosions in the  early hours of that morning.<br \/>\nThe blazing fire and subsequent pall  of smoke, which lasted several hours, also left behind mounds of ashes,  debris, and smoldering personal belongings &#8211; the cause of which curious  Ghanaians wait for the Ghana Fire Service to disclose.<br \/>\nAside a  wrapped wooden stool, a boxer\u2019s punching bag and a few household items  including a Ghana-must go bag, everything was devoured by the  \u2018merciless\u2019 fire. After the devastating inferno, Mr. Rawlings spent the  first night in Sogakope while his wife Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings and  daughter Yaa Asantewaa, who were at home when the fire gutted the  building, perched with her mother as government continued searching for a  temporary accommodation for them.<br \/>\nBut, months after no action of  reconstruction on the house, a number of the National Democratic  Congress (NDC) as well as other loyalists of the former President  started mounting pressure on government to find befitting accommodation  for Mr. Rawlings.<br \/>\nGovernment then announced that former President  Rawlings and his family prefer to have their gutted residence at Ridge  reconstructed and that it is awaiting the final design of the new house  to be put up at the old place.<br \/>\nAccording to Information Minister,  M r. John Tia Agologu, when this is done the government will bear the  entire cost of reconstruction of a befitting residence for the former  first family. Following these developments, the about 20 functional  executive committee members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)  has met President John Evans Atta Mills over the issue.<br \/>\nSubsequently,  controversy renovation works were carried out on the private residence  of the mother in-law of the former President located at the Nyaniba  Estates in Osu, Accra, to enable Konadu and her family to perch there  after fire razed down the Rawlingses\u2019 Ridge residence.<br \/>\nSource: The Ghanaian Observer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven months after devastating fire ravaged the Ridge residence of former President Jerry John Rawlings and his family, destroying all their personal belongings, the Ghanaian Observer (GO) newspaper can report that preparation works have earnestly started paving the way for the reconstruction of the gutted house. GO can authoritatively report that workers using bulldozers and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274996","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>JJ\u2019s Ridge House Back - 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\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"JJ\u2019s Ridge House Back - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Eleven months after devastating fire ravaged the Ridge residence of former President Jerry John Rawlings and his family, destroying all their personal belongings, the Ghanaian Observer (GO) newspaper can report that preparation works have earnestly started paving the way for the reconstruction of the gutted house. GO can authoritatively report that workers using bulldozers and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/jj_house_fire.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"JJ\u2019s Ridge House Back\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-01-28T08:31:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/\"},\"wordCount\":450,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/jj_house_fire.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/\",\"name\":\"JJ\u2019s Ridge House Back - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/jj_house_fire.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-01-28T08:31:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/jj_house_fire.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/jj_house_fire.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"JJ\u2019s Ridge House Back - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"JJ\u2019s Ridge House Back - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Eleven months after devastating fire ravaged the Ridge residence of former President Jerry John Rawlings and his family, destroying all their personal belongings, the Ghanaian Observer (GO) newspaper can report that preparation works have earnestly started paving the way for the reconstruction of the gutted house. GO can authoritatively report that workers using bulldozers and [&hellip;]","twitter_image":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/jj_house_fire.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"JJ\u2019s Ridge House Back","datePublished":"2011-01-28T08:31:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/"},"wordCount":450,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/jj_house_fire.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/","name":"JJ\u2019s Ridge House Back - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/jj_house_fire.jpg","datePublished":"2011-01-28T08:31:04+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/jjs-ridge-house-back\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/jj_house_fire.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/jj_house_fire.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}