Ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor has sent a heartwarming birthday message and a friendly piece of advice to his predecessor, former President Jeremiah John Rawlings who turned 64 on Wednesday, June 22nd.
�Rawlings is blessed�God has indeed honoured him,� he stated in an exclusive interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi on PeaceFM�s �Kokrokoo� programme.
The recently named joint-winner of the World Food Prize Foundation Award also asked Mr. Rawlings who ruled Ghana for some 19-years to �love God more, and cool down his temper�.
�I didn�t know it�s his birthday (today)�and it has coincided with my being named an award winner�good� I wish him all the best on this great occasion,� he said.
Mr. Kufuor admitted that �it�s not easy to rule a country like Ghana for about 19-years�, but opined that the former President was able to do so because of God�s blessings on his life.
�He should calm down and control his temper� and rather thank God,� he jovially said.
The former President, (born Jeremiah Rawlings John) was born on June 22, 1947 to Victoria Agbotui from Keta and to James Ramsey John, a Scottish chemist working in the then Gold Coast.
He married Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings in 1977 and together they have four children: three girls and a boy.
He enlisted as a Flight Cadet in the Ghana Air Force in August 1967, and was subsequently selected for officer cadet training at the Ghana Military Academy and Training School, Teshie, in Accra.
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