See Emotional Reaction By Some Ghanaian Celebrities Over The Death Of Ghana’s Former President Rawlings

Mr Impactful November 12, 2020

Ghana is still mourning the death of former President Jerry John Rawlings who died in the early hours of Thursday November 12, 2020.

Ghanaian Celebrities across the country have reacted to the death of the late former president

The like of Kofi Kinaata, Mzbel, Ewuraba Eesi, Ayesem, Afia Schwarzenegger, Ecowsmith Asante, Efia Odo, Samini, Rhoda Offei, Delay John Dumelo among other celebs including Nigerian superstar Davido have took to their social media platforms to express their condolences to the first President of the 4th republic.

During his term in Government, He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected President of Ghana.

He achieved political and economic stability in a region rife with conflicts (for example Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone).
JJ Rawlings created 110 districts through non-partisan district level elections. Education, infrastructure developments and healthcare all devolved to the district level during his term in office.

The annual government subvention by law goes to the district which is something unthinkable in many other African countries.
He also absorbed hundreds of thousands of Ghanaians living in Nigeria who were expelled. Housed them at El -Wak stadium in 1983 and then moved them to their family homes. Most other economies, including even advanced ones such as Germany saw their economies suffer when they reunified with integrated citizens (for example German reunification).

Furthermore he built first ever memorials to Kwame Nkrumah and W.E.B. DuBois.

See some reactions from celebs below;