Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has been confirmed dead. The information was made public on Ghana Television (GTV) during a live broadcast today, Thursday, October 23. She passed away at the age of 76.

The cause of her death is yet to be made known. However, reports suggest that she died at the Ridge Hospital in Accra in the early hours of Thursday. Meanwhile, the Rawlings family and government representatives have yet to issue an official statement regarding her passing.

Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings served as the First Lady of Ghana from June 4, 1979, to September 24, 1979, during the presidency of Jerry John Rawlings.

She held the same position again from December 31, 1981, to January 7, 2001. In Ghanaian politics, she is recognized as the founder of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and ran for president in 2016 after parting ways with the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Two years later, in 2018, she launched her book titled It Takes a Woman.

Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings married the late Jerry John Rawlings in 1977. The couple had four children — three daughters and one son.

Their children include Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, a medical doctor and Member of Parliament for the Klottey Korle Constituency; Kimathi Rawlings; Yaa Asantewaa Rawlings; and Amina Rawlings.

Unfortunately, Jerry John Rawlings passed away in November 2020.

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