22/06/2026
Today, we paused as a party and a family to honour the man who gave us our beginning. Together with H.E. John Dramani Mahama, Council of Elders, comrades, and party faithful, we commemorated the life and legacy of our founder, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, by renaming our National Headquarters in his honour and unveiling a bust in his memory.
For many of us who have dedicated the better part of our lives to this party, the moment was deeply personal. We remembered the man, his conviction, and the Ghana he believed was possible; a Ghana built on probity, accountability, and the dignity of the ordinary person.
He gave himself fully to a cause greater than himself, and he asked the same of all who walked with him. That is the true measure of the man we honoured today.
Ultimately, his legacy is not kept alive merely by a name on a building or bronze in a courtyard. It lives in the ideals we uphold, the discipline we maintain, and the service we render to the people of Ghana every single day.
That is the tribute that matters, and that is the one we must keep paying.
Cc: Hon JAN