Parliament Suspends Sitting to Honour Late Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings
Parliament has temporarily suspended proceedings following the passing of Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, the country’s longest-serving First Lady and founder of the 31st December Women’s Movement.
The decision to adjourn was announced shortly after news broke of her death on Thursday, October 23, 2025, in Accra.
Nana Konadu, who served alongside her husband, the late Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, from 1982 to 2001, is remembered as a pioneering voice for women’s empowerment and social reform.
She was instrumental in advancing educational opportunities for children in deprived communities and played a leading role in the introduction of Ghana’s Intestate Succession Law, which improved the inheritance rights of women nationwide.
Tributes have since poured in from across the political divide.
Parliament is expected to reconvene after a brief mourning period, during which legislators are anticipated to formally celebrate her life and contribution to national development.
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings died on Thursday morning, October 23, 2025, in Accra. She was 76 years old.
According to reports she died at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital), where she had been receiving medical care.
Story by Adwoa S. Danso
