{"id":394771,"date":"2017-06-07T12:06:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T12:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/07\/rawlings-corruption-sermon-is-like-having-morality-lessons-at-a-brothel-baako\/"},"modified":"2017-06-07T12:06:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T12:06:49","slug":"rawlings-corruption-sermon-is-like-having-morality-lessons-at-a-brothel-baako","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/07\/rawlings-corruption-sermon-is-like-having-morality-lessons-at-a-brothel-baako\/","title":{"rendered":"Rawlings&#8217; corruption sermon is like having morality lessons at a brothel &#8211; Baako"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!--               \n\n<div class=\"in-ad\">\n\n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1495043641385-0' style='height:250px; width:300px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p>Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper has said former president Jerry Rawlings is unfit to give sermons on corruption.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kweku Baako, the ex-president presided over stinking corruption scandals including the famous British construction firm Mabey and Johnson scandal which cited\u00a0key officials of the Rawlings administration for taking bribes.<\/p>\n<p>He also mocked at the ex-president for suggesting that he took only $2 million from for Nigerian leader Sani Abacha when he Baako had incontrovertible evidence to show the amount involved was $5 million.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Peace FM\u2019s morning show \u2018Kokroko\u2019, the veteran journalist who has said many times that he has nothing against the former president said \u201cHe has one of the best social personality.\u00a0He has a fantastic sense of humour and mixes up very well, but when it comes to politics, he is detestable and hypocritical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is the last person to listen [to]. It is like going to a brothel for lessons on morality,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image result for rawlings june 4 wa\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3.11051052.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former President Rawlings during the 34th Anniversary celebrations of the June 4 uprising in Wa, chastised former president John Maham for doing nothing about corruption during his term in office.<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Related:<\/b>\u00a0<b>Did Rawlings hold back attack on NPP in fiery June 4 speech?<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>He said under the past NDC government, some officials amassed wealth and &#8220;used money as a political weapon to become kingmakers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I was doing it this way, if my colleagues were doing it this way, would any of them be where they are today?&#8221; he said in a speech that required an occasional pause to catch his breath.<\/p>\n<p>He used the occasion to also demand a change in the leadership of the party, adding that \u201cwithout new leaders, the NDC can never come back to power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On accusations that he received some $2 million from former Nigerian President Sani\u00a0Abacha, Mr Rawlings clarified after denying receipt of the money on several occasions, that it was used for nationalistic purposes.<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Related:\u00a0NDC didn&#8217;t lose election because of &#8216;lame horse&#8217; &#8211; Rawlings replies Mahama on June 4<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>But Mr Baako found this clarification\u00a0fictitious. He said he had evidence from the man who was sent to the Airport to take the money from the Nigerian officials.<\/p>\n<p>For him, Mr Rawlings himself has gone against the values of probity and accountability, he claims inspired him to topple a military regime on June 4, 1979.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Baako said corruption has become an albatross around Ghana\u2019s neck because of people like the former president.<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Related:\u00a0Abacha $2m was used for &#8216;nationalistic purposes&#8217; &#8211; Rawlings<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is equally part of the mess,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>He believes that the June 4 celebration is progressively losing its significance and fading out into archives.<\/p>\n<p>The former president in his view is the only person who is trying to hold on but \u201cgradually and surely history is judging him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the former president should put a stop to his \u2018hollier than thou\u2019 attitude because he is just as guilty as the people he is accusing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper has said former president Jerry Rawlings is unfit to give sermons on corruption. 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