ACCRA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led a delegation of dignitaries to pay their last respect to the memory of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings on Tuesday at the Accra International Conference Center. The body of the late former president has been lying in state at the conference center since Monday for public viewing as Ghanaians from all walks of life have been paying glowing tributes to him. Also paying his last respect to the late former president was Former President John Dramani Mahama. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, also led the Members of Parliament (MPs) to file past the body.
2021-01-26 17:35:46 GMT2021-01-27 01:35:46(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ACCRA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led a delegation of dignitaries to pay their last respect to the memory of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings on Tuesday at the Accra International Conference Center.
The body of the late former president has been lying in state at the conference center since Monday for public viewing as Ghanaians from all walks of life have been paying glowing tributes to him.
Also paying his last respect to the late former president was Former President John Dramani Mahama.
Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, also led the Members of Parliament (MPs) to file past the body.
play videoRawlings and Edochie were good friends.
Nigerian actor and filmmaker, Pete Edochie, has sent a final message to the late former President Jerry John Rawlings, barely 24-hours to the final funeral rites and burial of the longest-serving Ghanaian head of state.
The actor who bears a striking resemblance to the former leader is seen in a video widely shared on social media talking about their friendship and fondness for each other. His message is produced below:
“My brother Jerry, your passing has reminded me once more that death is the ultimate destiny of men. I am told by authorities that death is simply the separation of the spirit from the body. But the spirit does not die.
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Some youths of Anlo in the Keta Municipality of the Volta region have rejected the decision to bury the former President Jerry John Rawlings at the military cemetery in Accra.
The youths in an interaction with
ModernGhana News indicated that, former President Rawlings must be buried in Keta where he was born and raised by his late mother Elizabeth Agbotui.
Some also suggested his mortal remains should be brought home for some rituals performance and sent back to Accra for the final funeral rights.
Youths from Abor, Anyako, Anyako, Gbetuinu, Hortagba among others further disclosed that Rawlings was made king in Anlo and all necessary traditional rituals pertaining to his burial should be done in his homeland and must be buried there as well.
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Ms Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings (left) and her brother, Kimathi Agyeman Rawlings (right), consoling their mother, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, after the Requiem Mass. Picture: EBOW HANSON
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Ghana plunges into full-scale mourning from today as its citizens and mourners from the rest of the world begin paying their last respects to the late former President Jerry John Rawlings, 73, in a state funeral, which will last until Wednesday, January 27.
The body of the former President is to be laid in state at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) from this morning for mourners to file past.