Former National Security Advisor, Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah has eulogised former presidents Jerry Rawlings and Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
In comments that are certain to divide opinion, he said the two leaders have had the most profound impact on Ghana more than any other leader.
“Some are born great and these were indeed born great,” he stressed.
General Nunoo-Mensah was speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show in celebration of the 70th birthday of former President Rawlings in whose military government he served.
Remembering his work in the government of the first president of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the retired military officer said both Mr Rawlings and Dr. Nkrumah towered above other leaders in the country’s history.
Singling out Mr. Rawlings, he said the outspoken former president is still adored by Ghanaians for his principles and humility.
He said whilst he was young and inexperienced as a military ruler, Mr. Rawlings had the foresight to assemble great minds who helped him govern.
Flt Lt. Jerry John Rawlings led a military uprising on June 4th, 1979 and led the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council that resulted from the Uprising.
He handed over power to Dr. Hilla Limann who won the 1979 election.
Mr. Rawlings returned on the 31st December 1981 in another coup, establishing the Provisional National Defence Council which ruled Ghana until 1992 when the country returned to democratic rule.
Brig. Gen. Nunoo-Mensah said whilst the government of the PNDC hurt some Ghanaians, it established the foundation for principled governance based on the enduring values of probity and accountability.
Source: myjoyonline
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Rawlings is not... He is corrupt. He destroyed our educational system and sent his own children to study abroad. He also took $2M dollar bribe from Abacha. He must return the money to the Nigerian gov't.
@ NSEMFOO, Yes my mother told me what she and other market women at kumasi market went through in the hands of the then cdrs and rawlings junir millitary men. its a pity people still follow this dude blindly! its just a pity!!
ITS TRUE BEEN ELDERLY DOES NOT NECESSARY MAKES YOU SMART NOR WISE. THIS GENERAL TYALK LIKE A CLASS ONE PUPIL. HIS BRAINS ARE FULL OF SHIIIIT! NKRUMAH , THOUGH MADE SOME LAST MINUTE MISTAKES, IS STILL MY HERO. GHANA WAS TRANSFORMED TREMENDOUSLY THROUGH HIS VISION. WHAT OF RAWLINGS? HE CAME TO POWER THROUGH A BRUTAL FORCE. KILLED MOSTLY AKAN BUSINESS MEN, AKAN MILLITARY MEN AND JUDGES. FORCE US TO DEPOSIT OUR THEN 50 CEDI NOTES AT THE BANKS. IN THE END MOST GHANAIANS THREW AWAY THEIR HARD WON MONEY FOR FEAR THAT EVEN TAKEN HUGE SUMS OF 50 CEDIS NOTES COULD LAND THEM IN THE EVIL HANDS OF RAWLINGS CDRS ETC. ANAD AFTER KILLING KOTEI AND OTHERS FOR HAVING TWO WATER CLOSETS IN THEIR HOUSE AND TAKING LOANS FROM THE BNK RESPECTIVELY, HE NOW BOAST OF SEVERAL MANSIONS ACCROSS GHANA AND ABROAD. AND AFTER MESSING UP OUR ***barred word*** EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, HE EDUCATED HIS CHILDREN ABROAD. AND NUNU WHATEVER MENSAH OR WHATEVER YOUR SHIIIIT NAME IS , TRYING TO INSULT GHANAIANS WITH YOUR PARAISE FOR THIS MU-R-DE-RER AND NATION WRECKER? I REST MY CASE!!!
NO BRAIN TALK!!! HOW DARE YOU PUT RAWLINGS AND NKRUMAH IN THE SAME CLASS!! PLEASE PARDON ME BUT YOU DO NOT THINK!! THATS OUR PROBLEM!!!WHAT DID RAWLING DO FOR GHANA. HE ONLY CAME TO POWER FOR HIS SELFISH GAINS. BECAUSE HE IS LIGHT-SKINNED YOU PEOPLE JUMP AROUND FOR HIM!!! TWEEA KAEE!! ***barred word*** RAWLINGS
Very S.tupid talk.
THIS IS NUNOO MENSAHS OPINION SOMEONE WHO'S ABLE TO STOOP SO LOW FOR A JUNIOR OFFICER AND SALUTE HIM.WHERE IN MILITARY DISCIPLINE DOES A SENIOR OFFICER SALUTES A JUNIOR OFFICER.ONLY IN GHANA.TIME WILL TELL.
I completely disagree with this man. He is a professional politician using the guise of an army veteran as a cloak. What is the basis of your decision? We got independence under Nkrumah, and this is where it has landed us. On the banner of verandah boys etc, no adequate preparations were made to nurture Ghana into a nationhood. Populism, hero worship and brutal suppression of dissent was our lot. What about Rawlings? The worst after John Mahama. He even killed more than any other regime on the banner of eradicating corruption. What do we see today? The party he founded is touted as forming the most corrupt government in the history of the motherland. He himself alluded to this quite recently by commenting on the killing of the generals during the June 4th celebration. Come again Sir. I remember you said in the early days of Mahama's administration that anybody who feels aggrieved by the way the country was being run could decide to leave the country. You were in cahoots with them.What moral right have you to talk about governance.You lack credibility not only in politics, but in your general personality as well. Please ***barred word***!!
This is the undeniable reality. But people allow tribalism and the false claims of kwaku baaku to cloud their they understanding. forgeting that kwaku baaku's rantings are a result of his bitterness- due to what he suffered during the military era