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Friday, December 4, 2009
We may not be able to fulfill promises -– Haruna Iddrisu
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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NDC Activist Warns: Rawlings Can Overthrow Mills

The President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, has been strongly cautioned to tighten his security detail around him to avoid being ousted by former President Jerry John Rawlings.
Speaking on Accra based radio station yesterday, Osei Yaw Nketia popularly known as Dr Asemfofro, staunch NDC member, who was buside himself with anger warned that former President Mr Rawlings “is a dangerous man who can stage a coup to overthrow sitting President Mills.”
He premised his caution to President Mills on the basis that Mr Rawlings in 1981 staged a coup and overthrew Dr Hilla Limann, in 1981 after Ghanaians had elected Dr Limann in a national election.
According to Dr Asemfofro, Mr Rawlings is still thirsting to become the President of this country even though he has served his term as President of Ghana. He wondered what Rawlings was able to achieve under his 19 years rule of this country, arguing that “his 19 year of
“Rawlings demonstrated his burning desire to become President again of this country, the next day, January 8, 2001; he handed over power to former President John Agyekum Kufuor,” recounted Dr Asemfofro.
The die-hard NDC activist therefore asked Mr Rawlings to “shut up and allow President Mills to rule this country.”
He said Professor Mills was not elected as President of Ghana by Mr Rawlings but by the good people of this country, adding that his day-to-day disparaging comments and insults of President Mills was “shameful and disgraceful.” In the opinion of Dr Asemfofro, former President Rawlings must bow down his head in shame, describing him as “someone who does not respect him.”
He argued that the mere fact that Rawlings is the founding member of the NDC does not give him the leeway to be persistently chastising and disgracing President Mills. “Mr Rawlings must understand that in terms of age Professor Mills is older than him and in the area of academics he [referring to former President Rawlings] is nowhere near Professor Mills.
Professor Mills is a learned Professor whose academic laurels far outweigh what Mr Rawlings has,” Dr Asemfofro noted. Against this background, Dr Asemfofro told Mr Rawlings and his wife Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings to learn to show respect and decorum towards President Mills and refrain from their constant verbal attacks against the President.
Dr Asemfofro advised Mr Rawlings to take a cue from past President like Bill Clinton of
“We can all see the way former
Although is an ardent fan of Mr Rawlings, Asemfofro observed that he abhors him for his persistent castigations of Prof Mills. “Mr Rawlings should respect himself so that we can also respect him and anything sort of that we who are even his fans will never respect him,” asserted Dr Asemfofro.
The NDC, he stressed, can stand on its two legs without the assistance of Mr Rawlings, adding that if former President Rawlings wishes to leave the part he can go and nobody will prevent him from taking that decision.
Dr Asemfofro also descended heavily on Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Majority leader, describing him as somebody who was following Mr Rawlings blindly. “Mr Bagbin did not help matters when instead of telling and asking Mr Rawlings in the face to stop his continuous repudiation of President Mills, he also stirred the hornet nest by blindly supporting him (Mr Rawlings),” he indicated.
Following his submissions on radio, Dr Asemfofro indicated that he would not be surprised if Mr Rawlings will hire thugs and direct them to take his life from the face of the earth. In the estimation of Dr Asemfofro, President Mills was given a four-year mandate to turn the fortunes of the Ghanaian economy, and that he was confident that the President will execute that mandate with diligence.
However, he added that if after the four years Ghanaians are not satisfied with the performance of Prof. Mills, Ghanaians in their own wisdom will give the presidency to another person and not former President Rawlings.
Source: Today
Alleged Meeting With JJ; National Security Speaks To PEACEFM

National Security Adviser, Brigadier General (rtd) Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, has denied holding any meeting with other security heads and former president Jerry John Rawlings on the murder of the former Deputy Managing Director of the Ghana Commercial Bank, Roko Frimpong.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Information in Accra on Tuesday and signed by James Agyenim- Boateng, Deputy Minister for Information, stated that neither Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah nor the National Security Coordinator Colonel (rtd) Larry Gbevlo-Lartey had ever been invited by the former President to any meeting to discuss the Roko Frimpong murder.
“No security meeting has ever been held at the Jubilee House, part of which now houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” it said.
The statement cautioned the media against the increasing tendency to knowingly and deliberately peddle falsehood with the intention to frame up people, especially government officials and members of the ruling party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
“To make up a story knowing very well that there’s no iota of truth in it, and presenting it to the public in the manner that the tabloid did, cannot be said to be good journalistic practice.”
Government says it hopes the new National Media Commission (NMC) will be effective in performing its constitutional role by ensuring that the media work to enhance the country’s development “rather than fan trouble through deliberate falsehood”.
“This definitely is a matter that government will be forwarding to the NMC for action, but we do not think that our newspapers and other media outlets should be engaging in this kind of journalism,” the statement said.
Later in an exclusive interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi on PEACEFM’s “Kokrokoo”, the National Security Adviser, Brigadier General (rtd) Joseph Nunoo-Mensah said there is “absolutely no truth in what the newspaper wrote.”
“…the last time I met the former president was about a month ago…I have only been to the Jubilee House once…but this story is not true…if I had been there, it would have been different, but I don’t even pass by the building when I’m heading to my office…the story is 100% lies…there are a number of things I don’t engage in, chiefly among the things I don’t do is telling lies. I don’t lie, even if it will lead to my death I always tell the truth…this is not the first time some newspaper have carried publications which are totally false….i support press freedom…but it’s not fair and proper to indulge in fibbing, especially knowing very well that you are not telling the truth…,” the security capo said to Sefa Kayi.
Source: Peacefmonline with some information from Ministry of Information
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National Security Adviser, Brigadier General (retd) Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, has rebutted a media report that his outfit held a meeting with some security heads and former president Jerry John Rawlings on the murder of the former Deputy Managing Director of the Ghana Commercial Bank, Roko Frimpong.
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