Jerry John Rawlings To Be Laid In State January 24

The State has scheduled the funeral rites of the late former president Jerry Rawlings to begin from Sunday January 24 to Wednesday January 27 2021. The new dates come after the postponement of the funeral rites for the former President originally set for Wednesday December 23 2020. A correspondence issued to all the

Diplomatic missions and Consulates by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration sighted by the media announced that the laying in state of the remains of the ex-military leader will begin on the January 24 to January 26 2021 from 9 am to 5 pm daily at the Foyer of Accra International Conference Center. Subsequently

there will be a requiem mass slated for the morning of Tuesday January 26 2021 at Holy Spirit Cathedral at 9 am. Meanwhile the burial service is to be held on the January 27 2021 at Independence Square, Accra. The Former President Jerry John Rawlings died at the age of 73 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital KBTH in Accra on November 12 2020.