The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has sent a letter of condolence to the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) and the people of Ghana on the demise of ex President Jerry John Rawlings.
In the letter signed by the IOC President Thomas Bach to Ben Nunoo Mensah, President of the GOC, he said President Rawlings was a true friend of sports. Below is the content of the letter.
Dear President,
It is with great sadness that I learned of the death of His Excellency
Jerry John Rawlings.
Please accept my sincere condolences to you, the Ghana Olympic Committee and
the people of Ghana.
I am grateful for the fact that President Rawlings was a true friend of sport during a
time when Ghanaian athletes were performing at the highest level at the Olympic
Games.
With deepest sympathy,
IOC President
Thomas Bach
By Sammy Heywood Okine