[ 2017-05-12 ]

Change has come! Mrs Rawlings finds peace
She was not born a politician but born into a
family of politicians. She grew into one and
became easily the most powerful, thoroughly
influential first ladies in the history of Ghana.

She lives a life of colour, bright colours and
always announced her presence with a trademark red
beret on top of a local fabric championing the
cause of women under a movement, the 31st December
Women's movement.

She built a home, raised her kids outside the
home, and supported a vintage husband, an
ex-president who would remain an enigma in Ghana's
political history.

Her home could well be a study of how a stable
family survives under unstable political
ideologies; with wife breaking away from a party
she helped the husband form and forming a new
party with an ambition to win an election to
become president; while still supporting her
daughter, in principle, to win a parliamentary
election on the ticket of the party she broke away
from.

That may sound confusing but not to Nana Konadu
Agyemang Rawlings. And when she appeared on Lexis
Bills' Personality Profile on Drive Time,
Thursday, the easy going, former first lady in her
unmistakable local bright fabric appeared not to
have lost a thought or sleep for making the
singular move to form a new party.

Her move to form the National Democratic Party was
principled, she said. Her husband's party had lost
its way; taken over by people "with no good
upbringing," people who "were not members of the
party but found themselves in positions of power
and thought that was the end of the world."

She is a lone ranger in her new party but appears
to have found peace, not because she left the old
party but because she is "happy there is change,"
the old party led by ex-president John Mahama lost
to President Nana Akufo-Addo. She would not
comment on the first 100 days of the new
administration because she believes the Akufo-Addo
government needs far more than 100 days to repair
what she hinted is the rot perpetrated by the NDC
in eight years.

She certainly had not lost her love for music and
for Ofori Amponsah. She couldn't help but hum and
nod in glee when Lexis let in a track. She giggled
and wiggled in her seat in profound excitement.
But her love for her husband could not be
described. She won't say how he proposed to her
but she remembered that day with blush and grace.

She can't say if she is romantic but remembers so
graciously the many flowers, notes and cups of tea
her husband, Mr Rawlings, handed over to her in a
typical romantic gesture.

She is a mother of four but a mother to millions
be they supporters, admirers who love and would
celebrate her on the Mothers Day which is just
days away. Listen to the rivetting interview Nana
Konadu Agyemang Rawlings had with Lexis Bill.

Source - Myjoyonline.com

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