JJ Rawlings to be laid-in-state from January 24, 2021

Kandey Alhassan January 12, 2021 0

JJ Rawlings

 From January 24 to January 26, 2021, the late President Jerry John Rawlings will be stationed in the hallway of the Accra International Conference Centre, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a communication to foreign missions.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Republic of Ghana presents its compliments to all Diplomatic Missions, International Organizations and Honorary Consulates accredited to the Republic of Ghana and with reference to the former’s Note Verbale No. PR/CIR dated 16th December 2020, informing of the postponement of the funeral arrangements for the late Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, Former President of the Republic of Ghana, has the honour to inform of the new dates for the funeral and burial rites of the late former president as follows:

"Laying-In-State from 24th to 26th January 2021 at the Foyer of the Accra International Conference Center (AICC) From 9:00 a.m. to 5p.M. daily; Mass on 26th January 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Holy Spirit Cathedral, Accra; Burial Service on 27th January 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Independence Square, Accra,” the communication said.

Jerry John Rawlings, the former President of Ghana, died on November 12, 2020, at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.

Born on 22 June 1947, Jerry John Rawlings is a former Ghanaian military chief and subsequent politician who ruled the country from 1981 to 2001, and also in 1979 for a brief period.

Until 1992, he headed a military junta and then served two terms as Ghana's democratically elected President.