Politics of Monday, 14 September 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comI joined Rawlings’ PNDC because he wanted to form a national government – KufuorFormer President Kufuor was a minister under Rawlings' PNDCFormer President John Agyekum Kufuor has given a vivid account of how he served as a local government minister under Chairman Rawlings’ Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC). Joseph Nunoo-Mensah to tell them that they [coup makers] wanted to work with outsiders to form a national government. Then the very next morning after my release, Kwamena Ahwoi, came to my house saying Rawlings wanted to see me at Gonda Barracks,” he said. He continued: “When we went there, with him [Rawlings] and about 10 people [Rawlings loyalists], they said that I should do local government for them. Kufuor observed that when he became the President, Rawlings constantly criticised him at every opportunity that he got.

Source: GhanaWeb September 14, 2020 05:48 UTC