Former President John Dramani Mahama has been reportedly denied the signing of the Book of Condolences for the late JJ Rawlings when he visited the residence of the bereaved family.
The NDC flagbearer on Friday, November 13, 2020, paid an official visit to the Rawlings family with some delegation from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) after he passed a day earlier.
As it is done, Mahama and his team expected to be given access to sign the state’s Book of Condolence opened for the late ex-military officer just as it was done for the incumbent President Nana Addo, but State Protocol denied him.
According to the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, the State Protocol turned them away with the excuse that it has been closed to be reopened on Monday 16th November.
“They [State Protocol] told us the book has been closed and it will be reopened on Monday,” Ofosu Ampofo said in an interview with Asempa FM hours after the incident.
Meanwhile, NDC, the political party which Rawlings founded, opened their own Book of Condolence on Friday 13th November at exactly 3:00 pm following the denial and John Dramani Mahama was the first person to be given access to write in it.
In the Book of Condolence, the former president Mahama wrote;
Boss,
It is difficult to come to terms with your shocking exit. But you’ve always been unconventional and acted on your own terms. The rest of us your comrades are left to mourn you. But beyond mourning your departure, we have a duty and responsibility to ensure that your person and your principles receive their deserved place in the history of Ghana.
Leader of the Revolution, Founder of the 4th Republic and Midwife of the longest period of democratic governance in history and nobody can take that away.
Fare thee well, boss.
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