Late Jerry Rawlings Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has died at Ridge Hospital in Accra. She was 76 years old.
The Rawlings family has yet to release a statement on the passing. She reportedly passed on in Accra.
A National Democratic Congress executive and government appointee relayed news of the passing to newsmen earlier on October 23.
“The sad news happened a while ago at the Ridge Hospital in Accra,” sources noted.
The deceased former First Lady was known for her commitment to gender rights and advocacy on women’s empowerment and social development.
Agyeman-Rawlings was the First Lady of Ghana from June 4, 1979, to September 24, 1979 and from December 31, 1981, to January 7, 2001.
