Buhari mourns Rawlings, says Africa will miss him

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, mourned a former President of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings, who died at the age of 73.

In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President said Africa would miss what he described as the deceased’s sterling qualities.

The statement titled, ‘President Buhari mourns Jerry Rawlings, says great loss to Africa,’ read, “President Muhammadu Buhari sends heartfelt condolences to government and people of Ghana over passing of the country’s former President, Jerry Rawlings, 73, affirming that the entire African continent will sorely miss the sterling qualities of the great leader.