Liberia, Sierra Leone Presidents among dignitaries expected to attend Rawlings' funeral
Delegations from the ECOWAS Commission are also expected at the funeral ceremony
Jonas Danquah 
Liberia President George Weah and Sierra Leone President, Julius Maada Bio are among the foreign dignitaries expected at the funeral of former President Jerry Rawlings in Ghana.
This was disclosed by Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah
He also said other dignitaries expected to attend the funeral include; Mamadou Tangara, The Gambia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs; Dr. Ibn Chambas, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel as well as delegations from the ECOWAS Commission, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria.
Ghanaians from all walks of life have been filing past the body of the late former President.
He will be lying-in-state at the Accra International Conference Centre till tomorrow.
Heads of security agencies, leaders of political parties along with traditional leaders among others, will be able to file past the body from 8 am till 6 pm today.
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Meanwhile, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be holding a special virtual symposium to honour its Founder, the late Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings.
The symposium will take place at the Kama Conference Center at Labone Junction in Accra in the evening of Monday, the 25th of January.
This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Kakra Essamuah, the Director of Communication of the NDC.
