{"id":413000,"date":"2017-08-30T12:01:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T12:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/30\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\/"},"modified":"2017-08-30T12:01:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T12:01:02","slug":"ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/30\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC renews attack on Rawlings"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

A few days after the Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had called for the cessation of the war of words among members of the party, it appears some faceless individuals are again making frantic efforts to tarnish the name of the party\u2019s founder, Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings.<\/p>\n

They have disseminated information in the social media which has since gone viral, accusing Nana Konadu of attempting to \u2018steal\u2019 a piece of land located at Switchback Road \u2013 a prime area of Accra \u2013 sometime in 2013 when John Mahama\u2019s NDC administration was in power.<\/p>\n

\u201cWas your wife Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings claiming a 1.5 acre of property at Switchback Road, a prime area of Accra, on the Flair Catering Road?\u201d Mr. Rawlings was quizzed in the message posted on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid she (Mrs. Rawlings) attempt to forcefully take over the land sometime in May\/June 2013?\u201d the faceless person(s) asked Mr. Rawlings in the said message.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid the matter become a police case in which divine priestesses from Osu stripped naked at the Cantonments police station to invoke the intervention of the gods and to prevent innocent persons from being detained at the behest of Nana Konadu?\u201d it queried.<\/p>\n

Mr. Rawlings has become a thorn in the flesh of many members of the NDC, especially those closely linked to former President Mahama.<\/p>\n

This is due to the continued open and strong criticisms of some top members of the NDC by Mr Rawlings on issues mostly bordering on corruption and gross neglect of the party\u2019s ideologies.<\/p>\n

He recently came under attack from Valerie Sawyerr, a former Deputy Chief of Staff under the erstwhile Mahama\u2019s administration, after he (Rawlings) had in a speech at the 80th anniversary of the Asafotufiam Festival at Ada, hit back at some members of the NDC who hold the view that his words against some officials of the party depict his hatred for his own party.<\/p>\n

Mr. Rawlings had indicated that he was just a patriotic citizen who abhors corrupt practices, therefore his remarks against the party stemmed from corruption and bad governance which bedeviled President Mahama\u2019s NDC administration.<\/p>\n

He noted, \u201cWhen we speak, they say I don\u2019t like NDC. No! I just don\u2019t like corruption and bad governance. I don\u2019t like disgrace so if NDC does good, I will praise them and if they are bad I will say it as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Ms. Sawyerr, in what appeared to be an open letter, strongly condemned the NDC founder for constantly tagging the party\u2019s hierarchy as corrupt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey say he booms, I say he buzzes\u2026 like an agitated mosquito\u2026 looking for his next victim. Is he trying to say that his reign was unblemished or that his twin brother\u2019s (President Akufo-Addo\u2019s) reign is unsullied? Really?\u201d Valerie quizzed in the open letter.<\/p>\n

Most of the attacks on the person of Mr. Rawlings have apparently been by individuals who seem to want to \u2018equalize the score\u2019 by making him (Rawlings) also look dishonest in the public\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n

This had compelled Mr. Rawlings to state recently that Valerie Sawyerr, whose father was Education Minister in his (Rawlings\u2019) government, was intimidated by his (Rawlings\u2019) integrity, for which reason she attacked him.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few days after the Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had called for the cessation of the war of words among members of the party, it appears some faceless individuals are again making frantic efforts to tarnish the name of the party\u2019s founder, Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":413001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nNDC renews attack on Rawlings - 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\/2017\/08\/30\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"NDC renews attack on Rawlings - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A few days after the Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had called for the cessation of the war of words among members of the party, it appears some faceless individuals are again making frantic efforts to tarnish the name of the party\u2019s founder, Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu […]\" \/>\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=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/30\\\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/30\\\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"NDC renews attack on Rawlings\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-30T12:01:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/30\\\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":551,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/30\\\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/30\\\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/30\\\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/30\\\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\\\/\",\"name\":\"NDC renews attack on Rawlings - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/30\\\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/30\\\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-30T12:01:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/30\\\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/30\\\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/?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":"NDC renews attack on Rawlings - 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\/2017\/08\/30\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"NDC renews attack on Rawlings - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"A few days after the Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had called for the cessation of the war of words among members of the party, it appears some faceless individuals are again making frantic efforts to tarnish the name of the party\u2019s founder, Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu […]","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/30\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/30\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"NDC renews attack on Rawlings","datePublished":"2017-08-30T12:01:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/30\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\/"},"wordCount":551,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/30\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/30\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/30\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/30\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\/","name":"NDC renews attack on Rawlings - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/30\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/30\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2017-08-30T12:01:02+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/30\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/30\/ndc-renews-attack-on-rawlings\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}