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Leading Member of the New Patriotic Party<\/a>, NPP, and Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea<\/a> has revealed how he ended up as a lawyer for late President Jerry John Rawlings<\/a>years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MP was speaking on the floor of Parliament last week as the lawmaking chamber eulogized the former president for his role in the Fourth Republican dispensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he took his turn to speak on Rawlings\u2019 impact on Ghana\u2019s democracy, he revealed that the former President once contacted him for legal service despite their political differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Abuakwa South MP said, Rawlings, has asked him of his charge to which he replied that no amount of fees will equal the magnitude of service that he had rendered to the country. He offered his services for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He furthered that when he was going for his primaries, Rawlings came through for him by offering monetary support and his political blessings, adding; \u201cI won a landslide victory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe example of this great man will help everybody to see what it takes to serve the nation,\u201d Atta Akyea stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case in which Atta Akyea represented Rawlings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rawlings had contacted the sitting MP over a book by a former Health Minister under the Rawlings government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former president went to court with regard to Professor Kwaku Danso Boafo\u2019s book, parts of which Rawlings said he disagreed with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Rawlings, the Professor had reneged on a promise to have him review and comment on the book titled: \u201cJJ Rawlings and the Democratic Transition in Ghana,\u201d before launching it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He told an Accra Fast Track High Court that the professor had dropped him an invitation to the launch at a time he had yet to review the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his defence, the author told the court that he has deposited a finished copy with the former president for over two years without getting any comments, thus his decision to launch the book in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, both parties agreed to an out-of-court settlement as reported by the Daily Guide newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Send your news stories to\u00a0dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via WhatsApp on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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