The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is taking bold steps to immortalise its founder, the late former President Jerry John Rawlings, with sweeping proposals aimed at embedding his legacy into the party’s institutional identity.
At the 46th anniversary of the June 4 uprising, held at Agormanya Lasi Park in the Eastern Region, NDC National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah announced that the party’s Functional Executive Committee (FEC) has approved a series of proposals—pending ratification by the National Executive Committee (NEC)—to honour Rawlings’ towering influence.
Top among these is the renaming of the party’s national headquarters to “Jerry Rawlings House.”
“Party headquarters across the world are named after their founders. Ghana cannot be an exception. We will begin the process to rename our national headquarters as Rawlings House,” Asiedu Nketiah declared to thunderous applause.
He also revealed plans to amend the party’s constitution to designate June 22, Rawlings’ birthday, as a significant party day. Additionally, the entire month of June is proposed to be commemorated annually as “NDC Month.”
Asiedu Nketiah did not hold back in expressing dissatisfaction with the current state of Revolutionary Square, located opposite the Jubilee House.
“Please establish a planning committee to advise on how we can get Revolutionary Square back to its original status. If we need to contact the Museums and Monuments Board, it must be done.
