Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has been laid to rest with full state honours at the Military Cemetery in Accra. The solemn burial ceremony, held on Friday, November 28, 2025, followed a national funeral service earlier at the Independence Square.
Her casket, draped in the Ghanaian national flag, was interred at the National Memorial Section of the cemetery, resting beside the grave of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Military pallbearers led the dignified procession from Independence Square, where prayers, scripture readings and tributes marked her final journey.
Nana Konadu, Ghana’s longest-serving First Lady, passed away on October 23, 2025, after a short illness.
Dignitaries Pay Final Respects
A wide array of high-profile personalities attended the state funeral to honour the memory of the late First Lady. They included:
- President John Dramani Mahama
- Vice President Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang
- Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
- Former President John Agyekum Kufuor
- Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
- Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie
- Other past and present government officials, diplomats, and traditional authorities.
The President’s tribute, delivered on his behalf by Senior Presidential Advisor Joyce Bawah Mogtari, described Nana Konadu as a “towering national figure” whose courage, activism and leadership left a lasting imprint on Ghana’s political and social landscape.
“Fare thee well, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings. Ghana will remember you,” President Mahama said in the tribute.
Family Expresses Gratitude
Speaking on behalf of the Agyeman-Rawlings family, the eldest daughter, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, expressed deep appreciation to the President, the Chief of Defence Staff, and all institutions and individuals who contributed to giving her mother a dignified farewell.
“I stand here on behalf of the entire family, the Funeral Planning Committee, and Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to express our profound gratitude for the honours done to our mother,” she said.
She further thanked the government for according the late First Lady a full state burial befitting her service to Ghana.
