Former President Jerry John Rawlings has stated that a minister who served in the erstwhile Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) bought two mansions worth $3 million from a property owner in Accra.
Mr. Rawlings, the NDC’s founder, said each building cost $1.5 million.
The former president said the minister, whom he called ‘small little character,’ was able to pay hard cash to the astonishment of the property owner after the NDC lost the 2016 general election.
Hard Cash
“What did this small little character do? After we lost the 2016, I said he went and paid cash for two mansions,” Rawlings fired at the 39th Anniversary of the June 4 Uprising held at the Madina Social Welfare Centre in Accra.
He said “one for himself and one for his wife and of course, the man who was selling the properties that he has built for sale should have been happy; isn’t it, because he was making profit.”
Sad Situation
However, Mr. Rawlings said that “he (property owner) was very sad and he was very angry. Why do you think he was angry? Because he has sweated to build these houses to sell for profit and instead of the money to come into his account or being given a cheque, he was being given physical cash!”
“What that meant was that he had to spend the whole night counting the $1.5 million each times two, the $3 million. Do you get me?”
The former President did not mention the name of the minister involved, but unconfirmed reports say it’s a very young deputy minister, who is noted for his acerbic tongue and use of intemperate language in the media against political opponents of the NDC.
DAILY GUIDE’s checks indicate that the said deputy minister was cited in the leaked Electoral Commission (EC) tape in which he was said to have pocketed $6 million meant for staff of the commission.
No Corruption
The former President revealed that “when I came out of office together with my wife, we never even had a foreign account to say we have even $10 in it.”
“Today when they are tabling all the billionaires and the millionaires that we have, they put Rawlings at number 9. I think, and they’ve given me $50 million I think,” he said amidst laughter.
“Meanwhile the last man behind me is Kofi Wayo. I don’t know, did they give him $30 million or what? They gave him $30 million or $3 million. As for Kofi Wayo, I know he is so broke that I believe he must have paid the newspaper to put me there and put $30 million against my name.”
Setting Records
“I have answered these kinds of things and I will answer it again. They play these games as a way of white washing themselves; the genuine thieves among them so that if Rawlings can have $50 million there is nothing wrong with it. If I had, I would have worked honestly for it. But I don’t. They have it, the thieves and the honest ones but they want to be acceptable, they want it to be normal, how did you come by it.”
Source: Daily Guide
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Papa J ! Do us favor by telling us the name of the person and the location of the properties. I know that you are not afraid of anyone and also you do not intend to shield anyone. Speak out! speak out JJ.
RAWLINGS THE MASTER MANIPULATOR TURNING PEOPLE AGAINST THEMSELVES AND USING THE OPPORTUNITY TO MURDER AND ENRICH HIMSELF. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ABACHA 5 MILLION DOLLARS? WHOM DID YOU ACCOUNT TO? HOW MANY HOUSES DO YOU HAVE? RAWLINGS IS SO ***barred word*** AND JEALOUS THAT ANY ONE PROGRESSING IN LIFE IS A THIEFFFF EXCEPT HE AND HIS WIFE.HAS RAWLINGS FORGOTTEN HIS ONE MAN ONE TOILET MANTRA? HOW MANY TOILETS DOES HE HAVE IN HIS HOUSE NOW.THE EVIL THAT MEN DO LEAVES AFTER THEM AND THE DAY OF RECKONING IS FAST APPROACHING ONLY TIME ALONE WILL TELL.
Total Ru-bb-ish coming from a Lun-a-tic. Does he know what usd3m can do? for somebody to carry that in cash? what is this?
OFOSU KWAKYE is the guy. Nobody should shift it away from him. It is him period
Rawlings who killed people for taking bank loans during his hey days find it difficult to mention the name of a small boy bought 2 houses for $3m cash down. Wonders will never end! Has Rawlings now become a coward or he is ashamed of the monster of a party he christened NDC in this country? To remind him, that is the legacy he left Ghana. He should kill this monster NDC before he visits his ancestors. Otherwise, posterity will never forgive him and won't have peaceful rest in his grave..
WHEN A FORMER PRESIDENT SPEAKS LIKE THIS AND PEOPLE RESPOND HE THEN TURNS ROUND AND SAY THEY DISRESPECT HIM. DAILY GUIDE IS FUNNING THIS STORY BUT THEY KNOW ITS NOT TRUE. RAWLINGS THINKS HE IS THE ONLY WISE PERSON AND THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAS NO FEELINGS. IF HE IS A HONEST MAN AND HAS NO ILL MOTIVE TO DISTROY THE NDC HE SHOULD NAME THE SAID MINISTER WHO BOUGHT THE HOUSE AND PAID CASH. THIS IS CHEAP TALK. THEN PEOPLE WILL MAKE HIM IMPORTANT BY BEGGING HIM IN PUBLIC. THE MAN IS NOW NPP.
Rawlings is just an ***barred word*** and jealous man. He hates people who have done well in life and are respected more than him. He wants to be hailed and worshiped by all and you dare not oppose him. He was a head of state for 19 good years and what did he do? He killed people, destroyed businesses and families and what is he talking about. Was he able to stamp out corruption? He sold state properties to his wife. Hatred will kill him. I wonder why he is still a member of the ndc. They should sack him to join his equally greedy wife. Fooooooool
Granted that it is true, can Rawlings show any evidence of corruption on the part of the said minister?. What is this? Always diverting attention to the happenings now. Pure hatred. If it has been Mahama's name that was mentioned in the Anas Video you will see Rawlings jumping up and down, because it is Nana Addo he is not interested. some statesman
Character assassination at the highest. I cannot comprehend what drives a man to carry a burning fire of hatred in his bosom all these years.
Rawlings you do all. Just be courageous enough to tell the people of Ghana that, the party ( NDC ) you founded is now bunch of thiefs and full of malice. so no Ghanaian should ever vote for the NDC again. signed : Papa J.