FORMER president Jerry Rawlings was given an apparent rap over the knuckles by the new Ghanaian government after he visited some military installation in the capital Accra last week. In a terse statement, Defence Minister Kwame Addo-Kufuor said that from now on “all eminent persons and diplomats wishing to enter restricted military facilities should seek permission from the office of the president.” Rawlings stepped aside in December after a 19-year reign as head of the west African country, only to see his annointed successor, John Atta Mills, lose the presidential vote to opposition leader John Kufuor. – AFP