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The Second Vice Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin, described the late Jerry John Rawlings as a gift from God to Ghanaians.
According to him, he has never regretted joining the Rawlings wagon due to the late statesman’s nature and what he stood for.
The member of parliament for the Nadowli West constituency said this at a vigil held by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to honor the party’s founder at Spot Work in Accra.
“He was a gift from God. God spoke through him, his charisma, his leadership and the contagious passion of Jerry John Rawlings swept us all away.
“I think he is not dead, physically he has left us, but I am sure he is still with us,” he said.
Mr. Bagbin urged all Ghanaians to vote for the standard bearer of the Democratic National Congress, John Dramani Mahama, to continue the vision of the NDC and that of the late Jerry John Rawlings.
“Jerry John Rawlings is with us and will be with us forever and ever, he lived and died for Ghana and the best Ghana can do for him is to hold on to his legacy and bring back what he stood for,” he said.
The late president founded the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 1992 prior to Ghana’s first democratic elections in the Fourth Republic.
He is said to have died in the intensive care unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after a brief illness.
