By Judith Amoateng, GNA
Accra Feb. 26, GNA - Former President Jerry John Rawlings, has paid tribute to the late Osabarima Kyeretwie Boakye Dankwa, the Abontendomhene of the Kyebi Traditional Area in the Eastern Region.
The Late Mr. Boakye Dankwa was also served as the past Chairman of the Eagle Party, a party which later emerged with the Rawlings Fun Club, the Development Agenda and other like-minded forces to form the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The Former President was accompanied by Mr Samuel Nuamah Donkor, a leading member of the NDC and the Former Minister of Health during the Rawlings Administration and Mr Michael Soussoudis, the Founder of the Eagle Party.
Mr. Nuamah Donkor who spoke on behalf of the former President, said “when the former President was officially informed by emissaries of the Okyehene that Nana had passed on, he made it a point to honour the invitation to pay his final respects to Nana Chairman as he was affectionately called during his Eagle party days”.
The Former President also called on the Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II at the Ofori Panin Fie to express his condolences on the loss of the leading royal.
Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin expressed his gratitude to the former President for always responding positively to his invitations and described him as a true friend of Kyebi.
The delegation had been warmly received by Nana Adutwumwaa Dokua, Okyenhemaa, after which the former President filed past the remains of Osabarima before attending a durbar of chiefs and people, where he donated an assorted drinks and cash towards the successful conclusion of the rites of passage for the departed Abontendomhene.
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