The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced its decision to rename the party’s national headquarters at Asylum Down in Accra after the late Jerry John Rawlings.
This according to the NDC is part of plans to immortalize its founder and make sure that his legacy his live long in the minds of party faithful’s and Ghanaians in general.
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.”
