OwayenguMongameli waseGhana ushone ngenxa ye-COVID-19

UJerry Rawlings, owayenguMongameli waseGhana, kubikwa ukuthi udlulile ezinkingeni zokutheleleka nge-coronavirus.

Ngokwemibiko, lowo owayengumengameli ushone ezintatha zangoLwesine, Novemba 12, 2020, esibhedlela iKorle Bu Teaching e-Accra, eneminyaka engama-73.

Umbusi wezempi, owajoyina ezombusazwe, uRawlings wabusa iGhana kusuka ngo-1981 kuya ku-2001.

Uhole i-junta yezempi kwaze kwaba ngu-1992, wabe esedonsa amahlandla amabili njengoMengameli wezwe okhethwe ngentando yeningi.

ULieutenant wezindiza waseGhanaian Air Force, uRawlings uqale wabamba impi njengombhikisho osemusha ngoMeyi 15, 1979, kusasele amasonto amahlanu ngaphambi kokhetho oluhlelelwe ukubuyisela izwe embusweni wabantu.

Ngenkathi ukuvukela umbuso kwehluleka, waboshwa, waquliswa izinkantolo emphakathini wagwetshwa intambo.

Ngemuva kokuqala ukunikela amandla kuhulumeni womphakathi, uthathe izintambo zokuphatha izwe ngomhla zingama-31 kuZibandlela 1981 njengosihlalo woMkhandlu Wezokuvikela Kazwelonke (i-PNDC).

Wabe eseshiya ebusosheni, wasungula iNational Democratic Congress (NDC), waba ngumongameli wokuqala weFourth Republic.

Waphinde waqokwa ngo-1996 eminye iminyaka emine. Ngemuva kwamahlandla amabili esesikhundleni, umkhawulo ngokomthethosisekelo waseGhana, uRawlings wavumela iphini lakhe likamengameli uJohn Atta Mills njengongenele ukhetho lukaMengameli ngonyaka ka-2000.

UJerry Rawlings wazalwa ngoJuni 22, 1947.