The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced its decision to name the party’s national headquarters after the late founder Jerry John Rawlings.
The decision to name the headquarters after the former president forms part of a series of proposals aimed at honouring the legacy of its founder.
According to the party, the key proposals, which were adopted by the Functional Executive Committee (FEC) and are pending approval by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), are to strengthen the party’s historical identity.
The headquarters would be known as the “Jerry Rawlings House”.
The Sory has also decided to embark on an amendment to the party’s constitution to officially recognise the birthday of the late founder and the designation of the month of June as “NDC Month”.
Chairman of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, announced the new proposals during the commemoration of the 46th anniversary of the June 4 uprising at Agormanya Lasi Park in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region.
“We would, as a party, amend our constitution to include the birthday of our founding father as one of the significant days for the party. That is June 22. Beyond that, moves are underway to rename the party headquarters as Jerry Rawlings’ house because this is a practice all over the world.
“Party headquarters are named after the founders of those parties, and Ghana cannot be an exception. So we will begin all the processes that are necessary to secure all the approvals within the party so that the national headquarters becomes Rawlings House,” he said.
He further directed the planning committee to come up with measures to revive Revolutionary Square in front of the Jubilee House since it is deteriorating.
“Please establish a committee, a planning committee, to advise as to how we can get the Revolutionary Square back to its original status. If you need to contact museums and the monument board, whatever you need to pave the way for us to rehabilitate the Revolutionary Square, it has to be done. It doesn’t mean it is a monument, and it teaches our youth a lesson,” he stated.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
