{"id":713952,"date":"2019-10-01T10:45:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T10:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/01\/i-left-power-very-poor-rawlings\/"},"modified":"2019-10-01T10:45:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T10:45:24","slug":"i-left-power-very-poor-rawlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/01\/i-left-power-very-poor-rawlings\/","title":{"rendered":"I Left Power Very Poor – Rawlings"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Jerry Rawlings<\/strong><\/p>\n

FORMER
\nPRESIDENT Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings has claimed that he left political
\noffice after 19 years in power as a poor person.<\/p>\n

According
\nto him, his sad and hopeless situation was not different from his dear wife,
\nNana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, the former First Lady.<\/p>\n

Mr.
\nRawlings said he and his wife didn\u2019t even have one dollar in their accounts as
\nthey did not even own a foreign account abroad like other politicians.<\/p>\n

Addressing
\nthe annual National Cadres Conference at Ejisu in the Ashanti Region on
\nSaturday, he said he and his wife were not corrupt and that was why they left
\npolitical office very poor.<\/p>\n

He
\nsaid he ruled the country for about 19 years and added that he had every
\nopportunity to also amass wealth as other politicians do but he did not do it
\nbecause he is a man of integrity.<\/p>\n

Mr.
\nRawlings added that he eventually opened a foreign account after he had left
\npolitical office, following a UN assignment proposal by the late Kofi Annan who
\nwas then General Secretary of the United Nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt
\nwas after I had left political office when the then UN Secretary General, Kofi
\nAnnan, approached me with a UN international assignment proposal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis
\nassignment required that I had a foreign account so I contacted my wife and we
\neventually opened a joint foreign account after I had left political office,\u201d
\nhe disclosed.<\/p>\n

Mr.
\nRawlings stated emphatically that he came into politics from day one with a
\nclear determination not to indulge in corruption and he perfectly delivered on
\nthat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI
\nam not corrupt. This is JJ and I know where I come from,\u201d
\nhe said, stating categorically that he has not changed one bit even after
\nleaving office.<\/p>\n

According
\nto him, corruption is not in his DNA and so no matter the challenges that he
\nwould face in life, nothing would force him to become corrupt.<\/p>\n

Mr.
\nRawlings said he spent most of his time and energy in political office to
\nensure probity, accountability and justice for the people, who owns the power.<\/p>\n

The
\nprogramme was graced by some top-notch National Democratic Congress (NDC)
\nmembers, including Asiedu Nketia, the party\u2019s chief scribe.<\/p>\n

FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jerry Rawlings FORMER PRESIDENT Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings has claimed that he left political office after 19 years in power as a poor person. According to him, his sad and hopeless situation was not different from his dear wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, the former First Lady. 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