General News of Monday, 27 October 2025

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Dr Bawumia commiserates with Rawlings family

Former vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday, October 27, 2025, visited the family of the late former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, to express his condolences and sign the book of condolence.

Accompanied by his wife, Samira Bawumia, the 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer was joined by former Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, former Minister of Education Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, former Minister of Works and Housing, and other party stalwarts.

Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings: The Woman behind Ghana’s landmark inheritance law (PNDCL 111)

The former First Lady is the longest-serving in that position, holding office from June 4, 1979, to September 24, 1979, under the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC); from December 31, 1981, to January 6, 1993, under the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), both military regimes headed by her husband; and from January 7, 1993, to January 6, 2001, during former President Jerry John Rawlings’ two terms as civilian Head of State.

Four things Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings will be remembered for

Nana Konadu passed away on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at the Ridge Hospital in Accra at the age of 76.

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