A former First Lady of Ghana, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has restated her comments that she paid the tuition of the late broadcaster, Komla Dumor when he was at the University. Nana Konadu said on Accra based Starr FM that the ace broadcaster came to her for help to pay his fees which she willingly offered.
But the family in a statement signed by the brother of the deceased, Dr. Koshie Dumor on behalf of the Dumor family, indicated that what Nana Konadu said is “patently false”.
However the presidential hopeful of the National Democratic Party (NDP) told Graphic online that she was provoked by the interviewer of Starr FM to reveal this. “As I told you earlier, my intention was not to speak about Komla Dumor; it was provoked by a question from the Starr FM interviewer. It is not my intention to bring Komla Dumor into disrepute, but just setting the records straight by bringing out a fact. Komla Dumor reached out to me at a particular time in his life, and I helped him where I could. This is the fact”.
She mentioned that Komla Dumor is not the only person she has helped. “Through my role as First Lady, President of the 31st December Women’s Movement and a mother, I have come into contact with countless number of persons from different backgrounds, who have reached out to me”.
She said she would not spew falsehood about Dumor since she has nothing to gain. “What do I have to gain by imputing falsehood to such a matter?” she quizzed.