Preparations for the interment of former President Jerry John Rawlings at the new Military Cemetery at Burma Camp in Accra has commenced, with the construction of the tomb and some decorations in the yard.
The former President will be buried on Wednesday, January 27, this year at the cemetery which is now designated as the burial ground for former Heads of State in the country.
This will be after burial service at the Black Star Square in Accra on the same day.
The event would be led by the Ghana Armed Forces.
When the Daily Graphic visited the cemetery in the La Dadekotopon Municipality in the Greater Accra Region yesterday, work was ongoing, including the clearing of weeds and painting of pavements.
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The stage is set for the swearing-in today of the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the Vice-President-elect, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on the precincts of Parliament House.
The duo are entering their second term in office, after President Akufo-Addo’s victory in the December 7, 2020, presidential election.
Officially, the first term of President Akufo-Addo and Vice-President Bawumia came to an end last midnight, the same period that the seventh Parliament was dissolved to pave the way for the inauguration of the eighth Parliament in the early hours of today.
The swearing-in ceremony is expected to commence at 11 a.m., and invited guests, apart from the Heads of State, are expected to be seated by 9.45 a.m.