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Ghana’s revered leader, Rawlings, buried with military honours On Kindly Share This Story: Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (C), the former First Lady of Ghana, and her children at the final funeral rites of former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings. PHOTO: Nipah Dennis/AFP Former Ghanaian President, Jerry John Rawlings, was buried with full military honours on Wednesday after a state funeral attended by representatives of world leaders. Rawlings, who died in November aged 73, held power for two decades in Ghana, first as military ruler and later as elected president. He was buried in a c...

Rawlings' family accepts Akufo-Addo’s proposal to rename UDS-Tamale after him LISTEN JAN 27, 2021 President Akufo-Addo has announced that the University of Development Studies (UDS), Tamale, will be renamed after late former President, Jerry John Rawlings. Although Mr. Rawlings rejected the honour while he was alive, President Akufo-Addo said his family has endorsed the decision. President Akufo-Addo announced this at Rawlings’ pre-burial service held at the Black Star Square in Accra on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. “Whilst he was with us, he, respectfully, declined an offer I made...

If these embers will not turn into ashes If these embers will remain so - so we pray for. If these embers will not turn into ashes - so we wish Creation will remain static, nothing dies, nothing born The born die, the dead reborn. Or Born one day, one day we go. Gone today is John - the Jerry John we know. The brave Rawlings. If these embers will not turn into ashes, Rawlings should remain. The hot embers that test Democracy through the crucible, Now ashes; white, pale, black and cold - in the casket bestowed, lonely. Rawlings is gone, embers turned into ashes.

  Former Acting General Secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP), James Kwabena Bomfeh has paid tribute to the the first President of Ghana under the Fourth Republic, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings. The late former President Jerry John Rawlings went home today, January 27. He was buried at the new Military Cemetery at Burma Camp in the Greater Accra Region. The Military led a procession carrying his mortal remains to the cemetery. James Kwabena Bomfeh touted the good leadership of Mr. Rawlings citing some of his legacies to be the rural electrification in the country, major improvement...

Legacies, ideologies of Rawlings must be upheld - Citizens LISTEN JAN 27, 2021 Ghanaians, especially political leaders and youth have been urged to uphold the legacies and ideologies of Flt.Lt. Jerry John Rawlings. Probity, accountability, hard work, dedication to work and honesty were some of the legacies and ideologies of the former President of the Republic of Ghana who died at age 73. Mr Raymond Sofia, a motor rider told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that although the demise of the former President was shocking, upholding his legacies were the surest way to remember him. "We have to li...