The family of the late former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has requested for privacy to mourn their beloved following her demise on Thursday, October 23, 2025.
At a brief press conference at the residence of the late Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings in Ridge, Accra, the family head, Oheneba Akwasi Abeyie, announced that further notices about the burial Ghana’s First female presidential candidate will be announced by the President.
He added that Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has also been informed accordingly of the passing of the wife of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings.
The family informed His Excellency the President and subsequently informed the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene. His Excellency the President has caused a statement to be made confirming Nana Konadu’s death.
“At this stage, the family is obviously in mourning and we will crave your indulgence to give us some privacy. All further notices will be relayed by the government,” the family head stated.
Mrs Rawlings died on Thursday morning, October 23, 2025, after a short illness. She was 76 years old.
She served as Ghana’s First Lady from June 4, 1979, to September 24, 1979, under the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), and again from December 31, 1981, to January 6, 1993, under the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC).
She continued in the role during her husband’s two constitutional terms from January 7, 1993 to January 6, 2001.
She founded the National Democratic Party (NDP) after she left the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and became the first Ghanaian lady to run for Presidency.
She also established the 31st December Women’s Movement in 1982, empowering Ghanaian women through entrepreneurship, education and political participation.
She was part of the dignitaries who laid wreaths at the Forecourt of the Jubilee House to honour the eight public servants who recently lost their lives in a helicopter accident in August 2025.
She was recently present at the Dote Yie funeral rites for the late Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III.
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings was accompanied by two of her adult children, Amina Agyeman-Rawlings and Kimathi Agyeman-Rawlings. The three took turns to console Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on the loss of the Asantehemaa.
