{"id":448643,"date":"2017-12-20T12:11:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T12:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/20\/stop-pushing-rawlings-away-ricketts-hagan-to-ndc\/"},"modified":"2017-12-20T12:11:12","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T12:11:12","slug":"stop-pushing-rawlings-away-ricketts-hagan-to-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/20\/stop-pushing-rawlings-away-ricketts-hagan-to-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop pushing Rawlings away \u2013 Ricketts-Hagan to NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Politics of Wednesday, 20 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/11199232.295.jpg\" alt=\"Rawlings Boxing\" title=\"Rawlings Boxing\" width=\"295\" height=\"190\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The influence of Mr Ralwings in Ghanaian politics cannot be underestimated &#8211; Ricketts-Hagan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513771872_876_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former President Jerry John Rawlings remains the backbone of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party, Kweku Ricketts-Hagan, Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South, has said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the influence of Mr Ralwings in Ghanaian politics cannot be underestimated, therefore, the NDC must not push him away.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ricketts-Hagan, who has announced his intention to contest in the NDC\u2019s presidential primaries ahead of the 2020 polls, said he would be seeking the blessing of Mr Rawlings in his quest to lead the NDC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRawlings is the soul of the NDC and I will seek his blessing,\u201d he told Chief Jerry Forson, host of Ghana Yensom on Accra100.5FM on Wednesday, 20 December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is the founder of the party although others helped him to form the NDC; that nobody can take it away from him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he has left the scenes, we need to bring him back and if he is being pushed out, too, we need to desist from that action,\u201d the former Deputy Minister of Finance under the Mahama administration, added.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\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<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics of Wednesday, 20 December 2017 Source: classfmonline.com 2017-12-20 The influence of Mr Ralwings in Ghanaian politics cannot be underestimated &#8211; Ricketts-Hagan Former President Jerry John Rawlings remains the backbone of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party, Kweku Ricketts-Hagan, Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South, has said. 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