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Activities marking the final funeral rites of former President Jerry John Rawlings will begin today, January 24, 2021.
This follows the publication of the funeral plan after a meeting between the Funeral Planning Committee, the family, the Anlo Traditional Council, and other state agencies that assist with funeral arrangements.
According to the formation, the funeral rites will begin with a Catholic Requiem Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at 2 pm.
This will be followed by a vigil at the Air Force Officers’ Mess in Accra.
The former president will then be inaugurated on Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 January at the Accra International Conference Center so that various interest groups and members of the public have the opportunity to pay their final respects.
Prior to commissioning, the Traditional Council of Anlo will organize two days of traditional mourning for the deceased former president who hailed from Anlo.
He will receive a full military burial service on Wednesday, January 27.
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Heads of security agencies, leaders of political parties and the general public will have the opportunity to pass through the mortal remains of the former president on Monday, January 25.
On Tuesday, January 26, President Nana Akufo-Addo, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, former heads of state and heads of constitutional bodies, Speaker of Parliament, and former Presidents will also have the opportunity to pay their respects.
At 3pm on the same day, traditional and customary rites will be performed in the lobby of the conference center with the former president’s body still in state.
Jerry John Rawlings died on Thursday, November 12, 2020.
He left behind a wife, former first lady Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, and four children.
