Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the late former President Jerry John Rawlings will be accorded a Commander-in-Chief status at his burial service on Wednesday, January 27.
The Ghana Armed Forces would therefore fire a 21-gun salute and offer other military courtesies to him.
Addressing the media in Accra on Monday, Mr Oppong Nkrumah said the family of the former president had requested that no recording gadgets should be allowed at the Lobby of the Accra International Conference Centre(AICC), where the former President s mortal remains laid-in-state.
He urged the media to respect the wishes of the family of the former president to avert any unnecessary heckling or confrontation with the security detail tasked to maintain law and order at the place.
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Although he emphasized that there is a technical committee to look at the criteria for the rollout, he hinted that health workers, teachers, security personnel, transport operators and the elderly people would be given the priority in the distribution.
“Health workers are high on the list, and secondly, the security service because of their interactions with citizens.
“I also know that the elderly who can prove underlying conditions like heart diseases, then there are transport operators and people who engage in public activities like teachers, who have to mingle with kids,” Dr. Okoe Boye told Newsfile host, Samson Lardy Anyenini on Saturday.
“Health workers are high on the list, and secondly, the security service because of their interactions with citizens. “I also know that the elderly who can prove underlying conditions like heart diseases, then there are transport operators and people who engage in public activities like teachers, who have to mingle with kids,” Dr. Okoe Boye told Newsfile host, Samson Lardy Anyenini on Saturday. He explained that the vaccines procured from the Covax facility; coronavirus access platform which is expected to arrive in the country by the end of the first quarter are limited to 20 percent of the country’s total population.
The funeral of former President Jerry John Rawlings will commence on January 24, 2020
All is set for the final funeral rites of former President Jerry John Rawlings, who passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2020. The funeral will commence 24th January 2020 with the main funeral event taking place on Wednesday, January 27, at the Independence Square, Accra, from 9am to 11am.
The former President died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.
The national activities will start with a Catholic Requiem Mass on Sunday, January 24 at the Holy Spirit Cathedral and a vigil at the Air Force Officers Mess in Accra.
The former President will be laid in state on Monday, January 25 and Tuesday, January 26 at the Accra International Conference Centre for various interest groups and members of the public to have an opportunity to pay their last respects.