General News of Sunday, 15 November 2020Source: Ghana GuardianYou can't make peace with Rawlings' dead body - Manasseh Azure Awuni fires NDCManasseh Azure Awuni, Investigative JournalistRenowned and award-winning investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has asked the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to end their schemes on wanting to be included in the burial of the late Jerry John Rawlings, popularly referred to as J.J. The death of the ex-President has shocked many across the globe as the government of Ghana, led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo assuring his family of a state burial. The NDC wants to be the front liner in every arrangement concerning the burial since Mr. Rawlings was the founder of the party. Taking to his Facebook account, the obviously concerned Manasseh wrote: "If you couldn't make peace with him, you cannot make peace with his dead body. The NDC has threatened to hold a separate burial service for the late statesman but Mannesseh has said: "He deserves a state, not a party, burial".

Source: GhanaWeb November 15, 2020 06:33 UTC