The office of former President Jerry Rawlings has rebuffed suggestions in social media publications that he intended to illegally appropriate for himself a piece of land at Ridge, Accra.
His office says the former President wrote officially to the immediate past government to request for a piece of land for the establishment of a Rawlings Foundation, which he intended to “dedicate to humanitarian, educational, population control, HIV AIDS, health-related projects, the preservation of nature and the promotion and preservation of cultural values.”
The Lands Commission in Accra subsequently wrote to Rawlings in May 2016, informing him that then President John Mahama had approved the allocation of the land, a 4.368 acre land on the Sekou Toure Street, Ridge Residential Area, a chunk of which already houses his residence and office.
A statement by the Communications Directorate of the office of the former President, signed by Mr. Kobina Andoh Amoakwa, said consequent to this, Rawlings made further suggestions to the government, but a response directing action by the Lands and Natural Resources Minister only reached the minister on December 12, 2016 because Ambassador Kwesi Quartey, Secretary to the then President claimed he only discovered the letter directing action on the land ‘misplaced among’ his papers a few days after the General elections.
“No lease agreement was thus reached with the government”, the office of former President Rawlings said, irrespective of documents pointing to substantial discussions on the matter.
Read Mr Rawlings's reaction to the issue and corresponding documents on the matter below.
PRESS RELEASE
January 17, 2017
RE: ALLOCATION OF PLOT TO H.E. JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS
Our attention has been drawn to information currently in the public domain of communication between The Lands Commission and His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings, former President of the Republic.
As per the content of the said communication a plot was allocated to His Excellency Rawlings for the purposes of the establishment of the Rawlings Foundation.
Upon receipt of the notification His Excellency replied to the said directive and requested for adjoining lands to the said property also for the purposes of the Foundation, which he intends to dedicate to humanitarian, educational, population control, HIV AIDS, health related projects, the preservation of nature and the promotion and preservation of cultural values.
Unfortunately the response dated May 9, 2016 received no reply till 12th December, 2016 when the Secretary to the President, Ambassador Kwesi Quartey discovered the letter ‘misplaced among’ his papers and wrote to the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources to act upon.
No lease agreement was thus reached with the government.
Signed:
Kobina Andoh Amoakwa
(Communications Directorate)
Source: Peacefmonline.com with additional files from Graphic.com.gh
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Using culolo means to grab land they will then will to their children.Gen. Akuffo and Gen. Achempong were angles ,thus men are worse than santan.They eat with both hands and feet.
4.6 at Ridge sold to Mr. Rawlings for GHS10.00 ($3.5)? What's happening in this country? God save our Ghana from the bunch of crimi.nals in our politics. Fire burn you all.
thi..ves sharing Ghana like kenkey and fish among themselves.
Not Rawlings alone, but all the politicians are 'milking' Ghana-presidents, ministers, MPs, party executives, council of state members, regional ministers, DCEs, heads of state institutions, etc. The laws of the land favor them.
Greedy bastaaards. ***barred word*** and sharing state properties. God will surly punish all of you.
J J IS HYPOCRITES. HE PREACH ABOUT CORRUPTION AND ATTACKS INDIVIDUALS AS CORRUPT, BUT HE IS THE ORIGINATOR OF INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION IN IN GHANA. HE IS ALWAYS LIKE A CHILD WHO WANTS TO GET EVERYTHING FREE. HE WANTS EVERYTHING TO BE FOR HIM AND HIM ALONE. HE IS ALWAYS MOTIVATED TO DO ANYTHING ONLY TO SATISFY HIS SELFISH INTEREST. THAT IS WHY I WARNED AKUFFO ADDO TO DISASSOCIATE HIMSELF FROM HIM. HE IS NOT GENUINE. HE KILLED HIS PREDECESSORS AND OTHERS NOT BECAUSE OF CORRUPTION BUT JUST TO CONSOLIDATE HIS AMBITION TO REMAIN LONG OR FOR LIFE IN POWER. HE DOES NOT WANT ANYBODY TO COMPETE OR TO BE COMPARED TO HIM. HE NEVER TREATED PRESIDENT LIMAN AS A PAST PRESIDENT BUT AS A CRIMINALL.HE CAME TO POWER BY SPILLING BLOOD AND HE CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY HE IS REMOVED FROM POWER WITHOUT SHEDDING BLOOD. HE IS MAD TO HIMSELF FOR NOT STILL BEING THE PRESIDENT OF GHANA. HIS SELFISHNESS HAS MADE HIM SCHIZOPHRENIC. HE WANTS ATTENTION FOR HIMSELF AS A PRESIDENT AND SO GET INTO CONFLICT WITH ANY PRESIDENT LIVING OR ALIVE. HE HAS NEVER GENUINELY APPRECIATED ANY HEAD OF STATE IN GHANA. HE HAS FRACAS WITH MILLS AND MAHAMA NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT BUT BECAUSE HE DOES NOT BECOME THE FOCUS OF ATTENTION IN THAT PARTY AND GET A LION SHARE OF THE SYSTEM OF LOOTINGG AND THE 10% FROM CONTRACTS THAT HE HAS ESTABLISHED IN GHANAIAN POLITICS. FOR HIM NDC IS NOT A PARTY BUT AN AFFILIATED INSTITUTION TO HIS PERSON. MORE SO, HE HATES LEADERS OF NDC BECAUSE THEY DONT CELEBRATE JUNE 4TH AND DECEMBER 31ST WITH HIM. HE IS VIOLENT BUT HE IS LUCKY GHANA IS PEACEFUL, ESPECIALLY IN 2012. HE WOULD HAVE SUFFERED THE FATE OF BRAISE CAMPORE OF BURKINA FASSO. HE MUST BETTER REPENT AND BE QUIET OR HE SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCE OF ALL HIS WRONG DEEDS. WHO EVER IMAGINED THAT AFTER TOLERATING BRAISE CAMPORE FOR 23 YEARS THE BURKINABES WOULD HAVE TREATED HIM THE WAY THEY DID. THEY NEVER FORGOT CAMPORE'S WICKEDNESS TO SANKARA. MANY GHANAIANS HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THE WICKEDNESS OF RAWLINGS' REGIME AND HAS TOLERATED IT FOR THE SAKE OF PEACE, FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION. HE MUST NOT DO ANYTHING TO TRIGGER THE ANGER THAT GHANAIANS HAVE AGAINST HIM FOR HE IS NEVER GENUINELY LOVED BY NEITHER NPP NOR NDC. THEY ONLY LIKE HIM EXCEPT FOR THEIR POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY IN ELECTIONS.
J J IS HYPOCRITES. HE PREACH ABOUT CORRUPTION AND ATTACKS INDIVIDUALS AS CORRUPT, BUT HE IS THE ORIGINATOR OF INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION IN IN GHANA. HE IS ALWAYS LIKE A CHILD WHO WANTS TO GET EVERYTHING FREE. HE WANTS EVERYTHING TO BE FOR HIM AND HIM ALONE. HE IS ALWAYS MOTIVATED TO DO ANYTHING ONLY TO SATISFY HIS SELFISH INTEREST. THAT IS WHY I WARNED AKUFFO ADDO TO DISASSOCIATE HIMSELF FROM HIM. HE IS NOT GENUINE. HE KILLED HIS PREDECESSORS AND OTHERS NOT BECAUSE OF CORRUPTION BUT JUST TO CONSOLIDATE HIS AMBITION TO REMAIN LONG OR FOR LIFE IN POWER. HE DOES NOT WANT ANYBODY TO COMPETE OR TO BE COMPARED TO HIM. HE NEVER TREATED PRESIDENT LIMAN AS A PAST PRESIDENT BUT AS A CRIMINAL.HE CAME TO POWER BY SPILLING BLOOD AND HE CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY HE IS REMOVED FROM POWER WITHOUT SHEDDING BLOOD. HE IS MAD TO HIMSELF FOR NOT STILL BEING THE PRESIDENT OF GHANA. HIS SELFISHNESS HAS MADE HIM SCHIZOPHRENIC. HE WANTS ATTENTION FOR HIMSELF AS A PRESIDENT AND SO GET INTO CONFLICT WITH ANY PRESIDENT LIVING OR ALIVE. HE HAS NEVER GENUINELY APPRECIATED ANY HEAD OF STATE IN GHANA. HE HAS FRACAS WITH MILLS AND MAHAMA NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT BUT BECAUSE HE DOES NOT BECOME THE FOCUS OF ATTENTION IN THAT PARTY AND GET A LION SHARE OF THE SYSTEM OF ***barred word*** AND THE 10% FROM CONTRACTS THAT HE HAS ESTABLISHED IN GHANAIAN POLITICS. FOR HIM NDC IS NOT A PARTY BUT AN AFFILIATED INSTITUTION TO HIS PERSON. MORE SO, HE HATES LEADERS OF NDC BECAUSE THEY DONT CELEBRATE JUNE 4TH AND DECEMBER 31ST WITH HIM. HE IS VIOLENT BUT HE IS LUCKY GHANA IS PEACEFUL, ESPECIALLY IN 2012. HE WOULD HAVE SUFFERED THE FATE OF BRAISE CAMPORE OF BURKINA FASSO. HE MUST BETTER REPENT AND BE QUIET OR HE SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCE OF ALL HIS WRONG DEEDS. WHO EVER IMAGINED THAT AFTER TOLERATING BRAISE CAMPORE FOR 23 YEARS THE BURKINABES WOULD HAVE TREATED HIM THE WAY THEY DID. THEY NEVER FORGOT CAMPORE'S WICKEDNESS TO SANKARA. MANY GHANAIANS HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THE WICKEDNESS OF RAWLINGS' REGIME AND HAS TOLERATED IT FOR THE SAKE OF PEACE, FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION. HE MUST NOT DO ANYTHING TO TRIGGER THE ANGER THAT GHANAIANS HAVE AGAINST HIM FOR HE IS NEVER GENUINELY LOVED BY NEITHER NPP NOR NDC. THEY ONLY LIKE HIM EXCEPT FOR THEIR POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY IN ELECTIONS.
Rawlings is the looter general, yet he portrays himself as a saint. If you can pressurize John mahamaa to give you government land then what moral right do you and your wicked wife have critiquing ndc government of being corrupt. I hope nana addo would not give JJ the chance to manipulate him.
Wicked Ghanaian leaders
DID SAMUEL OKUJATO AND DR. OMANE BOAMAH HEAR THAT? OR IS IT A CASE THAT NDC AND HER CORRUPT MEMBERS ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO CAN BENEFIT? THY EVEIL DEEDS WILL ALL COME TO LIGHT! THE CHANGE WAS NECCESSARY!