Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the late former President Jerry John Rawlings will be accorded a Commander-in-Chief status at his burial service on Wednesday, January 27.
The Ghana Armed Forces would therefore fire a 21-gun salute and offer other military courtesies to him.
Addressing the media in Accra on Monday, Mr Oppong Nkrumah said the family of the former president had requested that no recording gadgets should be allowed at the Lobby of the Accra International Conference Centre(AICC), where the former President s mortal remains laid-in-state.
He urged the media to respect the wishes of the family of the former president to avert any unnecessary heckling or confrontation with the security detail tasked to maintain law and order at the place.