Yaw Adomako Baafi, the former Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has slammed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for failing to honour the late former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, properly.
According to Yaw Adomako Baafi, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings’ funeral was low-class, painful and wicked due to her significant contributions to the NDC.
He claimed that the publicity surrounding the funeral of the late Nana Konadu was so minimal, adding that many Ghanaians are not aware that she had been buried.
Speaking in an interview on Movement TV on December 5, 2025, Adomako Baafi stated, “See Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings’ funeral. Till date, people don’t even know that she is dead and has been buried. What the NDC has done to the woman is painful. If there is life after death, she would think twice. They didn’t even do posters for the funeral”.
Adomako Baafi further compared the situation to preparations for the burial of highlife legend Daddy Lumba.
According to him, at Daddy Lumba’s funeral, there were a number of posters and billboards already circulating even before his funeral.
He added, “Look at Lumba, his funeral is not even up yet, but look at the number of posters and billboards in town. But Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings did not get that publicity.”
“Compare her funeral to that of her late husband when Akufo-Addo was President, the kind of honour they gave him. So, what wrong did she do? If nothing at all, the Greater Accra NDC could have mobilised members to attend. The low-class funeral they did for her was painful. So wicked. Even her own child is part of the NDC.”
Meanwhile, thousands of Ghanaians on November 28, 2025 bid a final farewell to the country’s longest-serving First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings.
The late First Lady’s state funeral took place at the Black Star Square yesterday.
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings’ state burial ceremony was organised under the auspices of President John Dramani Mahama.
The state burial honoured Mrs Rawlings for her remarkable dedication and significant contributions to the promotion of women’s and children’s rights, as well as her service to national development.
The late First Lady passed away in the early hours of Thursday, 23 October, at the Ridge Hospital in Accra.
She served as Ghana’s longest First Lady from 1981 to 2001 as the wife of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings.
Serving from June 4, 1979, to September 24, 1979, under the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC).
Also from December 31, 1981, to January 6, 1993, under the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), and also during her husband’s two constitutional terms from January 7, 1993, to January 6, 2001.
She also created the 31st December Women’s Movement (DWM) in 1982, a movement created to empower women in Ghana through initiatives promoting entrepreneurship, education, and political participation.
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