Former first lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings dies at 76

Ghana’s former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has passed away at the age of 76.

Family sources say she died in the early hours of Thursday, October 23, at the Ridge Hospital in Accra.

There has been no official statement from the Rawlings family or the government.

Nana Konadu, born on November 17, 1948, wife of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings, was a key figure in Ghana’s political and social life.

She was widely known for championing women’s empowerment and social development.

After leaving the National Democratic Congress (NDC), she founded and led the National Democratic Party (NDP).

In recent weeks, she had made a few public appearances.

She joined other dignitaries at the Jubilee House to lay wreaths in honour of eight public servants who died in a helicopter crash.

She also attended the Dote Yie funeral rites for the late Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III, accompanied by her children, Amina and Kimathi Agyeman-Rawlings, to offer condolences to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.