Late Ghanaian President, Jerry Rawlings’ funeral to be held on December 23

The funeral of the late ex -Ghanaian president, Jerry John Rawlings, has been billed to hold on December 23, his family has announced.

The head of the funeral planning committee, James Gbeho, in a press released today noted that the family in consultation with the government had agreed on the date.

The funeral rites for the country’s longest-serving head of state will occur at Independence Square in Accra.

Mr Gbeho said, “The family is working in conjunction with the government on the finer details of the funeral ceremony and will communicate the arrangements in due course.”The former President died on Thursday, November 12, 2020, at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra after a short illness.

Late Rawlings ruled Ghana from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected president of Ghana. When it failed, he was imprisoned, publicly court-martialed, and sentenced to death.