Koku Anyidoho, a former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has reacted to the party’s naming of its national headquarters after the late Jerry John Rawlings.
The former NDC Deputy General Secretary applauded the party for naming its national headquarters after Jerry John Rawlings House on the birth anniversary of the party’s founder.
According to Koku Anyidoho, the soul of former President John Evans Atta-Mills will be smiling in death following the symbolic gesture.
He disclosed that President Atta-Mills remained eternally grateful to Rawlings for the opportunity he gave him to become vice president, which propelled his own political rise.
In a post shared on X on June 22, 2026, Koku Anyidoho wrote, “Today, June 22, marks the birthdate of the Founder of the NDC, President Jerry John Rawlings, and a very significant Event is taking place at the Headquarters of the Party to name the building after the Founder.
The building remains one of the most significant monuments built for the Party by President John Evans Atta-Mills – humbly so, I was a deep insider.
I know for sure that the soul of President Atta-Mills would be smiling that in death, the lasting legacy he gave the NDC is the symbol being used in honouring the man who gave him the opportunity to become Vice President – creating the opportunity to serve as President of the Republic of Ghana.
I know it for a fact that President Atta-Mills never stopped being grateful to President Rawlings for the opportunity given to serve as Vice President, which made it possible to lead the NDC.
Ayekoo to the Leadership of the NDC for making it possible to etch the name of Jerry John Rawlings firmly on the image of the NDC.
I have just been told that National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has announced that when the NDC finally puts up structures to house the Party School (I was very key in setting it up as Deputy General Secretary because President Atta-Mills and Professor Kofi Awoonor birthed the idea), it would be named after President Atta-Mills. Bravo
I believe that this Event today will walk the NDC onto more solid grounds of party unity.
Ayekoo to all”.
His comments come on the back of the NDC renaming its national headquarters in Accra as the “Jerry Rawlings House”.
According to the NDC, the move is designed to permanently immortalise the memory and foundational ideals of the party’s founder, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings.
The historic transition of the party’s nerve centre was capped off today, Monday, June 22, 2026 also coincides with what would have been the charismatic leader’s 79th birthday.
The renaming was held under the theme “From Revolution to Fourth Republic: The Rawlings Legacy”.
Senior party officials, supporters, and dignitaries gathered for the ceremony, with President John Dramani Mahama also joining in the event.
President John Mahama, speaking at the ceremony to rename the NDC’s national headquarters as the JJ Rawlings House, unveiled a bust of the late former President in Accra.
He further added that Rawlings would likely have opposed the event had he been alive.
Mahama disclosed that the late Rawlings was deeply uncomfortable with efforts to immortalise his name and preferred to be remembered through his impact on people’s lives and not naming monuments and public structures after him.
Speaking at the event, John Mahama stated, “Rawlings himself, if he were alive, would have been very uncomfortable with this ceremony we are holding, by which we seek to immortalise his name”.
“As the Chairman said, he resisted all attempts to name significant monuments after him,” Mr Mahama noted.
“He politely declined to have the University for Development Studies named after him, even though he had given up his World Food Prize Award as seed funding to start that university,” the President said.
Mahama also recounted a personal experience when he sought Rawlings’ approval to name the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel after him,
He added, “He replied to my letter during my previous presidency when I wrote to seek his permission to name the FPSO for the ENI Sankofa field after him,” he said.
“And he said, ‘Pass it on to President Kufuor. I prefer to have my name inscribed in the minds and hearts of men than on statues and monuments.’”
“Fortunately for us today, he is in no position to object to what we are doing here to immortalise his name,” he added.
See the post below:
Today, June 22, marks the birthdate of Founder of the NDC, President Jerry John Rawlings and a very significant Event is taking place at the Headquarters of the Party to name the building after the Founder.
— Samuel Koku Anyidoho🇬🇭 (@KokuAnyidoho) June 22, 2026
The building remains one of the most significant monuments built for the… pic.twitter.com/AOcQbdBHhZ
