Jerry John Rawlings Goes Home Today

Former President Jerry John Rawlings will be buried today January 27, 2021 ending four days of mourning activities. The pre burial service which will take place at the Independence Square will see scores of Ghanaians paying their last respects to Mr. Rawlings. President Akufo Addo, the Vice President and other government

officials will be present at the funeral. Liberia President George Weah and Sierra Leone President, Julius Maada Bio are among foreign dignitaries expected to attend the funeral Mamadou Tangara, The Gambia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs; Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations

Office for West Africa and Sahel as well as delegations from the ECOWAS Commission, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria are also expected at the state funeral, The national activities started on Sunday with a Catholic Requiem Mass at the Holy Spirit Cathedral and a vigil at the Air Force Officers Mess in Accra. Mr. Rawlings was

then laid in state on Monday, January 25th and Tuesday, January 26th at the Accra International Conference Centre for various members of the government and security machinery as well as members of the public given an opportunity to pay their last respect. Ghana’s longest serving Head of State died in the early hours of Thursday, November 12, 2020 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra after a short illness.