Former President Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings has denied allegations that former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings had intentions of running for president in 2000.
The allegation was contained in Professor Kwamena Ahwoi’s book titled ‘Working with Rawlings’.
The former Local Government Minister and member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) alleged that Konadu wanted to succeed her husband, Jerry John Rawlings, as President, when he (Mr. Rawlings) was exiting power in 2000 after 19 years.
Prof. Ahwoi said in page 191 of the book that “Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings had been harbouring presidential ambitions and in 2000 had believed that she would be the one her husband, Jerry Rawlings, would hand over to.”
However, according to a statement from the office of the founder of the NDC, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings had no intentions of contesting Mills or running for president in 2000.
The statement also indicated that the allegations are mere fabrications targeted at eroding the role played by the former first lady in the history of the NDC.
The former President also took a swipe at the author of the book, describing his comments on the presidential aspirations of Nana Konadu as a falsehood that “is unbecoming of an academician.”
Source:Fiilafmonline/CitiNews
