{"id":607170,"date":"2019-04-12T04:43:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T04:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 11 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n2019-04-11\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/2159"},"modified":"2019-04-12T04:43:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T04:43:41","slug":"former-ndc-chairman-will-get-red-carpet-treatment-in-heaven-rawlings-eulogises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/12\/former-ndc-chairman-will-get-red-carpet-treatment-in-heaven-rawlings-eulogises\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NDC chairman will get red carpet treatment in heaven &#8211; Rawlings eulogises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 11 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2019-04-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/21596359.295.jpg\" alt=\"Rawlings Rawlings E09\" title=\"Rawlings Rawlings E09\" width=\"295\" height=\"203\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former President Jerry John Rawlings<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President Jerry John Rawlings has paid tribute to late former Chairman of the party, Alhaji Issifu Ali for his level of integrity.<\/p>\n<p>The former President said: \u201cPeople like him (Issifu Ali) will get a red-carpet treatment to heaven. Ali was a man of integrity. Let\u2019s not allow people of integrity and moral authority to fade out,\u201d the former President said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the final funeral rites \u2013 Adua &#8211; of Alhaji Issifu Ali, a former co-Chairman of the NDC at the deceased\u2019s residence at Tesano on Thursday morning, the former President said without the level of integrity of the likes of Issifu Ali, his co-Chairman, A. A. Munufie and Alhaji Iddrisu Mahama, they would not have achieved so much for the party and the country.<\/p>\n<p>Flt Lt Rawlings called on the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Nuhu Sharabutu who was present at the ceremony and the Islamic community to pray for the restoration of the core principles of the NDC.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Issifu Ali who died on Tuesday was the first co-Chairman of the NDC alongside the late A. A. Munufie. Until his demise he was a member of the party\u2019s Council of Elders.<\/p>\n<p>National Chief Imam, Sheikh Nuhu Sharabutu also used the occasion to commend former President Rawlings for his incredible contributions towards national development, peace and security and asked for God\u2019s blessings upon his life.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was attended by leading members of the NDC, including Alhaji Iddrisu Mahama, Mr. Kofi Attoh and Deputy General Secretary Peter Otukonor.<\/p>\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>General News of Thursday, 11 April 2019 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2019-04-11 Former President Jerry John Rawlings Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President Jerry John Rawlings has paid tribute to late former Chairman of the party, Alhaji Issifu Ali for his level of integrity. The former President said: \u201cPeople like him (Issifu Ali) will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":606500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former NDC chairman will get red carpet treatment in heaven - Rawlings eulogises - 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\/2019\/04\/12\/former-ndc-chairman-will-get-red-carpet-treatment-in-heaven-rawlings-eulogises\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Former NDC chairman will get red carpet treatment in heaven - Rawlings eulogises - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Thursday, 11 April 2019 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2019-04-11 Former President Jerry John Rawlings Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President Jerry John Rawlings has paid tribute to late former Chairman of the party, Alhaji Issifu Ali for his level of integrity. 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