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The letter signed by Napoleon Kwame Agbotui and Godson Agbotui, Secretary and Chairman respectively to the Agbotui, Tamakloe, and Allied Families, said an initial plan to perform the traditional rites for the late President on January 22 and 23, 2021, ahead of the state s funeral and burial has been canceled and rescheduled for the January 29 and 30, 2021. It said the chief and people of Anlo led by the Agbotui and Tamakloe families have resolved to take possession of their beloved departed son’s remains and to proceed to continue with the Final Traditional Rites and burial on the 29th and 30th of January 2021. Earlier, the Anlo Traditional Council was outraged by the announcement of the final burial rites for the late former President Jerry John Rawlings.
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked the family of the late former President, Jerry John Rawlings to resolve all outstanding matters regarding his burial and convey the agreed date to the Presidency.
That will enable the government to plan a befitting funeral for the former President.
A statement dated December 10, 2020 and signed by the Chief of Staff, Mrs Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, and addressed to lawyers of the families, said “the Presidency has received letters from the Office of the Awadada of the Anlo State dated November 30, 2020 and a press release from the office of the Agbotui and Allied Families dated December 1, 2020 both in regard of the late former President’s death.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked the family of the late former President, Jerry John Rawlings to resolve all outstanding matters regarding his burial and convey the agreed date to the Presidency.
That will enable the government to plan a befitting funeral for the former President.
A statement dated December 10, 2020 and signed by the Chief of Staff, Mrs Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, and addressed to lawyers of the families, said “the Presidency has received letters from the Office of the Awadada of the Anlo State dated November 30, 2020 and a press release from the office of the Agbotui and Allied Families dated December 1, 2020 both in regard of the late former President’s death.