Information reaching Regcollins confirms that Former President Jerry John Rawlings has kicked the bucket. From our source, Jerry John Rawlings has been on admission at the Teaching hospital since Sunday, 8th November 2020.
According to reports, he died from Coronavirus at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital this morning, 12th November 2020.
This comes weeks after the passing of his mother, Madam Agbotui, who also died at the age of 101. Former President Jerry John Rawlings was born in Accra on 22nd June 1947 to a Ghanaian mother from Dzelukope, near Keta, in the Volta Region, and a Scottish father.
The ex-president led a military junta until 1992 and then served two terms as the democratically elected President of Ghana.
The founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) established the National Commission on Democracy (NCD) shortly after the 1982 coup and employed it to survey civilian opinion and make recommendations that would facilitate the process of democratic transition.