Ghana’s former First Lady Nana Konadu Rawlings, whose husband was the longest serving Ghanaian President, dies aged 76

Ghana’s former First Lady Nana Konadu Rawlings, whose husband was the longest serving Ghanaian President, dies aged 76

Ghana’s former First woman, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has died at the age of seventy six.

She was the spouse of Ghana’s longest-serving leader, Jerry John Rawlings, who died 5 years ago after leading two coups and later serving as an elected president.

Presidential spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu showed that Agyeman-Rawlings died on Thursday morning, Oct. 23, after a short illness.

Tributes have considering that poured in on social media for the former first woman, politician, and girls’s rights propose.

Her circle of relatives visited President John Mahama later in the day to officially tell him of her passing. Mahama leads the country wide Democratic Congress (NDC), the celebration.

Ghana’s parliament adjourned in her honor as the nation prepares to formally mourn her.

Agyeman-Rawlings married Jerry Rawlings in 1977. The couple had four children, consisting of Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, an NDC Member of Parliament.