The funeral of Ghana’s late ex-President Jerry Rawlings will be held on December 23, his family announced on Monday. Head of the funeral planning committee, James Gbeho, in a press release on Monday, said the family, in consultation with government, agreed on the date. The funeral rites for the 73-year-old will come off at the Independence Square in Accra. Gbeho said,

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“The family is working in conjunction with government on the finer details of the funeral ceremony and will communicate the arrangements in due course.” Rawlings, Ghana’s longest-serving head of state and founder of the National Democratic Congress, died on November 12 at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra after a short illness.