Ghana marks first anniversary of Nana Konadu’s death
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on MyJoyOnline
Ghana marked the first anniversary of Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings’s death by unveiling her tomb, laying a wreath at the Military Cemetery and holding a Mass in Accra. Vice-President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang and government officials took part in the ceremonies, according to the Agyeman-Rawlings family.
Ghana marked the first anniversary of the death of former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings on Friday 23 October with the unveiling of her tomb and a wreath-laying ceremony at the Military Cemetery in Accra, according to a family statement. A memorial Mass was subsequently held at the Holy Spirit Cathedral in the Adabraka district.
Vice-President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang laid a wreath on behalf of the Ghanaian government and people. The Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, laid another wreath with her siblings on behalf of the former First Lady’s children, while representatives of the Agyeman and Agyeman-Rawlings families and the 31st December Women’s Movement took part in the ceremony.
Father-Colonel Agyeman, the senior Catholic chaplain of the Ghanaian armed forces, officiated at the ceremony at the Military Cemetery, accompanied by military honours and the sounding of the Last Post. The Mass was celebrated by Father Clement Wilson, the family said.
