Ghana’s former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has passed away at the age of 77. According to sources close to the family, she died in the early hours of Thursday, 23rd October, at the Ridge Hospital in Accra.
Born on 17th November 1948 in Cape Coast, in the Central Region, Mrs. Agyeman-Rawlings was the wife of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings and a towering figure in Ghana’s political and social landscape.
At the time of this report, an official statement from the Rawlings family or government representatives is pending.
Mrs. Agyeman-Rawlings was widely recognised for her strong advocacy for women’s empowerment and social development. A founding member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), she later established the National Democratic Party (NDP), underscoring her significant and independent role in Ghanaian politics.
Her recent public engagements included joining other dignitaries to lay wreaths at the Forecourt of the Jubilee House in honour of eight public servants who tragically died in a recent helicopter accident. She was also present at the ‘Dote Yie’ funeral rites for the late Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III. On that occasion, she was accompanied by two of her adult children, Amina and Kimathi Agyeman-Rawlings, and together they consoled Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
