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The government gave the order to allow the family to settle all outstanding issues before the burial. A communique by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration to the international community and diplomatic missions revealed a change in the schedule. …due to unforeseen circumstances, the funeral will not be held from 20th December 2020 as planned. The new date for the funeral will be communicated in due course, the statement read. Earlier, the Anlo Traditional Council said it is outraged by the announcement of the final burial rites for Rawlings. The Awadada of the Anlo State, Togbi Agbesi Awusu II, in a statement said the late former president was a properly installed chief of Anlo and so honour must be accorded the customs, traditions, mores, and usages of Anlo tradition.
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The burial of late former President Jerry John Rawlings of Ghana has been postponed due to family disputes, ModernGhana news agency reported on Thursday.
An aide to the late President, Kwabena Andoh, announced the postponement of the funeral in a statement.
Initially, the Rawlings’ family had scheduled the funeral for December 23, 2020.
But a disagreement between the Agbotui and Awadada families over the date has forced the funeral to be postponed.
“It’s been postponed to January. A new date will be announced soon,” Andoh announces.
“The inconvenience to all who had made prior arrangements for the funeral ceremony is deeply regretted,” it added.
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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.