{"id":16345,"date":"2020-07-11T19:04:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T19:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=16345"},"modified":"2020-07-11T19:04:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T19:04:32","slug":"i-have-never-been-corrupt-in-my-entire-life-jerry-john-rawlings-boasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16345","title":{"rendered":"I have never been corrupt in my entire life- Jerry John Rawlings boasts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Former President and founder of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) Mr Jerry John Rawlings has said that he has never been corrupt in his entire life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Known for bashing leaders such as former presidents Kufuor and Mahama, Mr Rawlings said \u201cpower has a way of corrupting people. And I\u2019m very much careful so I don\u2019t fall in a trap.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked a question by renowned journalist Kwaku Sakyi-Addo in an interview on Asaase Radio monitored by\u00a0MyNewsGh\u00a0whether or not he has ever become corrupt, Mr Rawlings said \u201cNo, no, I was never corrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the benefit that they [People] are trying to tarnish my image because I was not as vulnerable as most of our people are\u201d, he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also mentioned that PV Obeng was one of such people in his government who was incorruptible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPV was one of such persons, for instance in terms of avoiding being corrupted he stayed away from dubious things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that PV was so smart and good that \u201che was my de facto Prime Minister; that man was such brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Rawlings has been very critical of past and present governments, describing Mr. Kufuor and Mr. Mahama\u2019s governments as very corrupt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Late Kofi Annan forced me to open a foreign bank account \u2013 Rawlings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It would be recalled that the Former President of the Republic of Ghana- head of state for a combine period of nineteen (19)&nbsp; years last year revealed that but for the intervention of a respected figure Kofi Annan who \u2018forced\u2019 him to open a foreign bank account, he had never owned any bank account outside the shores of Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was addressing Cadres and National Democratic Congress in Kumasi over the last weekend where he urged the cadres of the party to continue to stand for and by the principles underlying the founding of the NDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy wife and I opened a foreign account at the urging of former United Nations General Secretary, Kofi Annan. He told me he will need me to help in the UN anti AIDS campaign and once in while the UN will pay me some allowance.\u201d He said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy wife and I were in office for nineteen years, by the time we were leaving office, we did not have even one dollar foreign account\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further revealed that the foreign bank account was no longer functional following the closure of the program for which it was opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe campaign has ended long ago and that account has been closed. I don\u2019t have any hidden foreign account and she (his wife) does not\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:MyNewsGh.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President and founder of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) Mr Jerry John Rawlings has said that he has never been corrupt in his entire life. 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