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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 Entertainment
Source: 3 News
2021-01-27
Singer Joe Mettle
Gospel musician Joe Mettle performed during former President Jerry John Rawlings’ final funeral ceremony.
Joe Mettle told TV3’s Komla Adom after the performance that it was a humbling experience.
He described Mr. Rawlings as a great statesman who served his country well.
“It is a humbling experience to see everything he did and everything he was to this nation. I grew up to see some of the things he did. “
“When I was a child he was the president and because of his charisma, enthusiasm, his passion for the nation and some other things, so I am honored and humbled to have had the privilege of celebrating this day of his funeral,” he said.
Singer Irene Logan also performed during the final funeral ceremony.
The ceremony took place in the Square of the Black Stars in Accra.
Dozens of dignitaries attended, including President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his wife, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and his wife, former Presidents John Agyekum Kuffuor and John Dramani Mahama, and several others.
Irene Logan, who performed Andy Williams ‘The Impossible Dream, told TV3’s Komla Adom after her performance that she delivered the song from her heart because the family requested it as one of Rawlings’ picks.
In addition, she said she is grateful to have had the opportunity to live in Ghana and have had an education as a refugee from Liberia at a time when the late Rawlings was the country’s leader.
The singer of “Can we run away?” She said she would always be grateful to the Ghanaian statesman.
“The rehearsals were amazing, I am honored,” she told Komla.
She added: “My mother is from Liberia and we were part of the refugees who came to Ghana seeking refuge and at that time Lt. Jerry John Rawlings was the president of Ghana and he played a very important role in making sure we were able to to settle in Ghana peacefully.
“Thanks to that decision, people like me have been able to have a solid education, we have been able to grow up in a peaceful environment.
“His reach goes very far, he has affected Africa greatly and we are very honored and very happy to have been able to experience this man.
