Wife of Dr. Hilla Liman, Ghana’s only president under the Third Republic, has revealed that things were not easy for herself and her family after the overthrow of her husband in 1981.
In an exclusive interview with the former first lady, Fulera Hilla Liman, as a build up to Mothers Day, she told Media General’s Sarah Parku ‘‘We were worst off after the overthrow of my husband as president of the third republic 37 years ago’’.
Dr. Hilla Liman was elected President of Ghana on the ticket of the People’s National Party (PNP).
He was the President from September 24, 1979 to December 31, 1981, when he was overthrown by the J J Rawlings-led Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC).
According to the former first lady, the overthrow of her husband occasioned great difficulties that she took to farming vegetables and a tie-and-dye business to fend for her family because her husband was jobless after his overthrow.
She tells Sarah her husband Dr. Hilla Liman could not apply for a job anywhere after his overthrow so she had to come in handy to support the family.
“After the overthrow of my husband’s government, I was the sole bread winner and it was not easy so I was running around and doing all, their father was jobless so I have to provide for the family.”
Source: 3news
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I did not see much of him as a little boy, but I think he was a gentleman and a good president.
she should blame JJ for crimes against humanity. Interesting how JJ is a walking free man. This man committed so much atrocities against Ghanaians beyond measure. He destroyed Ghana's economy which has not been recovered till this day. He and his soldiers looted the national treasury to look after himself , his cronies and friends(African style). Today this man a contemporary despotic African ex president is walking free. Amazing.
YES WE REALLY NEEDED THAT AT THE TIME... YOU KNOW SACRIFICES ARE MADE TO MAKE THINGS EASIER.....GOD WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FOR HIS CHILDREN...
Good people. They are suffering because there refused to steal like others did/have been doing. God will take care of you, Mama. Even with your age, you're healthier than all the former first ladies alive. Count them.
But is she now being taken care of by the successive Governments after Rawlings Term?
I am sure no ndc member will ever comment on this issue. This has created for them big mouths to speak nowadays. Even many of them were not born. Some were babes.