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Ghanaians from each walks of beingness volition converge connected the Independence Square contiguous to bid their last farewell to erstwhile First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings.
The Chief Mourner volition beryllium President John Dramani Mahama, who volition pb the authorities and correspond each Ghanaians successful mourning the erstwhile First Lady, whom helium describes arsenic the “Matriarch of the Fourth Republic.”
Also expected to beryllium astatine the authorities burial are accepted leaders, members of the diplomatic corps and representatives of the planetary communities whose activities were impacted by the works and advocacy of Mrs Agyeman-Rawlings.
The ceremonial ceremonial has been scheduled to commencement astatine 6 a.m. with the accomplishment of the cortege.
During the burial service, tributes volition beryllium work connected behalf of the family, the Asantehene, who is besides the Chief Mourner, the children, the President, followed by the presumption of wreaths and a homily.
After the service, the burial volition beryllium held privately.
Requiem Mass
Last Wednesday, arsenic portion of the programme of activities for the funeral, a Requiem Mass was held astatine the Accra Ridge Church successful her memory.
The Mass, which attracted members of the family, adjacent friends and associates of the family, besides had successful attendance, erstwhile President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
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Mrs Agyeman-Rawlings, 76, who served successful the First Lady relation for 18 years, passed distant connected October 23 aft a little illness.
She served successful the relation during her husband, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings’s archetypal tenure arsenic Head of State successful 1979, and again from 1981 to 2001, spanning some subject and antiauthoritarian administrations.
She utilized the relation to service and beforehand the origin of women and the susceptible successful the country, a singular feat that has near an indelible people connected the country's history.
In 1982, she established the 31st December Women’s Movement, starring the complaint for women’s empowerment, some politically and economically.
She played a cardinal relation successful the drafting and implementation of the 1995 UN Women’s Conference successful Beijing that acceptable strategical objectives and actions for the advancement of women and the accomplishment of sex equality successful 12 captious areas of concern
Before she passed away, Mrs Agyeman-Rawlings had scheduled a fig of activities to people the 30th day of that conference.
Also successful 2012, Mrs Agyeman-Rawlings founded the National Democratic Party (NDP) aft parting ways with the National Democratic Congress.
She would again marque past successful 2016 arsenic the archetypal pistillate to vie for the Presidency erstwhile she led the NDP arsenic its Presidential Candidate during the wide election.
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