Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has responded to allegations leveled against him by Former President Jerry John Rawlings that he demeaned the legacy of Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah during his reign.
Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings slammed ex-President J.A Kufuor and his successors for demeaning the legacy of Ghana’s first President Dr Kwame Nkrumah legacy by desecrating his graveyard.
According to him, ex-President Kufour during his reign supervised the terrible handling of the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra which is a tourist attraction.
“Many years later when Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s wife, Fathia Nkrumah also died former President Kufuor laid her coffin in the same dugout where Nkrumah had been buried and he feigned to have been mourning her and we all fell for it and joined in the mourning without handkerchiefs wiping our tears. From that moment, that National Monument to honour that man became a family graveyard. Do you see how his grave was desecrated?
He added: “Ex-Presidents Mills and Mahama claim they’re Nkrumahists, you have chopped into the man’s name. All these were done before your eyes while in power and they didn’t see? The compound is big, you could have dug a hundred and one holes and put Madam Fathia also there. Build a three-story building there, you did not have to do that under the same monument under which Dr Kwame Nkrumah was,” Ex-President Rawlings fumed.
Reacting to the issue, spokesperson for the former President, Frank Agyekum said his boss did not err in granting the last wish of dying Nkrumah’s wife, Fathia Nkrumah.
He said the late Fathia presented her wish to President Kufuor during one of his visits in Egypt that she should be buried beside her husband.
Mr. Agyekum said knowing the unsympathetic nature of Jerry Rawlings; it would not be a surprise that he would turn down Fathia’s request.
Source: adomonline.com
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JJ has nothing good to tell Ghanaians , anytime he is given the chance to speak he want to criticize Kuffour
eh JJ where from this one. Kuffour has done what, putting nkrumah's wife by him is equal to neglect oh what logic is that. the place is not under the presidency and looking back at your time how as the place? the place is under ministry of tourism period and they are suppose to do self financing so not that it worked in your time and did not work under somebody. well why react to you at all knowing its all shadow boxing tell us the real reason for hating kuffour i guess two pardies follow one girl and the other won and you lost. sharp
Whether Nkrumah, Fathia or whoever, none of them will resurrect! Why do you people like disturbing the peace in Ghana with Nkrumah? Why don't you guys change the name of Ghana to Nkrumah so that our ears wil rest? Please, can you guys stop godifying Nkrumah and let GHANA be. What do you the expect countries whose first presidents actually took up arms and fought the colonialists for independence? Take it or leave it, Nkrumah did nothing unusual in Ghana's inedpendence!
Frankly ; this is a WRONG headline besides even if it the right headlins WHAT CAN J KUFFOUR do about JJ rAwlings ; the question is ; is what JJ Rawlings saying fact or fiction ; was Kwame Nkruma's tomb neglected or not ; the fact is that J Kuffour has this air of importance about his reputation but the truth is that those who have read about J Kuffour before he became the President know that J Kuffour have never like Kwame Nkrumah ; the man has always peddled tribalism even from the 1950 ;those people who are a bit older read a magazine called THE DRUM magazine in which J Kuffour advocated tribalist sentiments in that magazine ; today the idiotic full thinks he is a statesman and therefore does NO WRONG and thinks he above critism ; J Kuffour is just a huiman being who has so many skeletons in cudboard ; so he should this threats and his infantile behaviour ; he should ignore JJ Rawlings as a statesman and it no good falling into that political TRAP !!!!!
Pls let us talk about Christ and christmas . I am surprise our brothers and sister in the media has forgotten about Christ and would not play Christmas songs.You have gotten it is God who gave you the job you are doing, the strength to do it, the knowledge and wisdom to do it. If you do not acknowledge and promote Him , remember that one of thse days He will withdraw His support from you and give to some one who will do his bidding. You took two good weeks to cover the funeral of the dead and you can not cover Christ who is still alive and taking care of you. We live to see .
I have allways been upset to acknowledge that Rawlings, once upon a time was also President of Kwame Nkrumah Ghana.No wonder, that the Party he Claims to have founded has deserted him.This man under normal circumstance is not qualified to accord the honor as Ex-President along side with Ex-President Kufour, Mills Mahama and all other former Head of State let alone in no Country like Kwame Nkrumah Ghana.Indeed, with which audacity can Rawlings of all persons come out to disrespect President Kufour with his baseless and silly utterances. Akom ko!!
Responding to Rawlings is very legitimate otherwise lies will turn to be truth
Sometimes i wonder if our leaders are matured enough. Do you have to respond, couldn't we just allow the air to carry it away. I was expecting you to leave him to talk. aaaba