Late President JJ Rawlings to be buried on January 27


The Government of Ghana has announced Wednesday 27 January 2021 as the new burial date for the late former president Jerry John Rawlings.

The Government announced this on Tuesday January 12 while communicating the funeral arrangements to the diplomatic community.

The laying in state starts from 24 to 26 January at the forecourt of the Accra International Conference Centre from 9am to 5pm daily, the notice said.

The Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) died on Thursday, 12 November 2020 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.

He was 73.

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