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Nakeeyat honours Rawlings with powerful poem (Video)

Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 10:36 AM by Nathaniel Crabbe 2 min read

- Talented Kids winner Nakeeyat Dramani has honoured the late ex-president Jerry Rawlings with an insightful poem

- The Ghanaian child poet describes the late NDC founder as a great leader who stood for the downtrodden

- Dramani touches on Rawlings' values and principles of probity and accountability

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Ghanaian child poet, Nakeeyat Dramani, has paid homage to the late former president Jerry John Rawlings with an insightful poem as she highlights his values of probity and accountability.

The first president of the Fourth Republic and founder of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2020, after battling a short illness.

In a video online, Talented Kids Season 10 winner Nakeeyat Dramani pays homage to the late ex-president Jerry Rawlings, who was laid to rest at the Military Cemetery in Burma Camp on Wednesday, January 27.

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Nakeeyat honours Rawlings with insightful poem (Video) — Ghanaian child poet Nakeeyat Dramani honours the late former president Jerry John Rawlings with an insightful poem. Image: @crabbimedia
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Dramani describes the late president as a great man and a true reflection of leadership as she highlights his core values and principles of probity, accountability and truth.

The child poet also touches on the late Rawlings' generous persona as a leader who stood for the oppressed.

In other news, Olivia Afi Korku, a resident of Akotoshi in the Greater Accra Region, is an innovative and adventurous businesswoman who runs her own block manufacturing company.

After years of navigating life's challenges, Korku has added to her name Francentia Enterprise with a presence in the Ga East Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.

Korku didn't set out to be an entrepreneur, as her childhood dream of becoming a nurse suffered a financial setback.

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Source: YEN.com.gh

Authors:

Nathaniel Crabbe (Human-Interest editor) Nathaniel Crabbe is a journalist and editor with a degree in Journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, where he graduated in 2015. He earned his master's from UPSA in December 2023. Before becoming an editor/writer of political/entertainment and human interest stories at Asaase Radio, Crabbe was a news reporter at TV3 Ghana. With experience spanning over ten years, he now works at YEN.com.gh as a human interest editor. You can reach him via nathaniel.crabbe@yen.com.gh.

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