JJ Sleeps In Kufuor's Hotel

Golden Tulip Hotel, Kumasi FORMER PRESIDENT Jerry John Rawlings and his wife Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings on Wednesday passed a night in a hotel saved from imminent demise by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, despite continually lambasting the ruling government for doing nothing for the country.  

The former first couple lodged at the refurbished Golden Tulip Hotel in Kumasi, formerly known as City Hotel on Wednesday night, DAILY GUIDE gathered.

According to a source, the couple slept in room 1604 and a football manager who is now the Chief Executive of one of the four premiership clubs in the Ashanti region (name withheld) paid the hotel bill for the two.  

The source claimed Mr. Rawlings and his wife clandestinely entered the hotel, perhaps to avoid being seen by members of the public as enjoying some of the achievements of the NPP government.

Mr. Rawlings and his wife were reportedly in Kumasi to attend the last rally of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti region which took place at the Asem School Park on Thursday afternoon.

The City Hotel, now Golden Tulip Hotel, it would be recalled, was neglected during Mr. Rawlings' tenure of office.

The hotel which used to host high-profile personalities who visited the city stopped functioning during the NDC administration.  

Meanwhile Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh aka Napo, the NPP parliamentary candidate for the Manhyia constituency has slammed the former first couple for lodging in a hotel which collapsed under their watch.

He said, “It is God who has kept Rawlings alive to see the exemplary works of a good, honest and God-fearing person like President Kufuor.” From Fred J.A. Ibrahim Jnr., Kumasi