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Former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings, has said he �feels hurt� by the death of PV Obeng, one of Ghana�s most decorated public servants. The ex-chairman of the National Development Planning Commission died on May 17 this year after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was laid in state on Thursday at the State House in the nation�s capital, Accra. Rawlings, who is the longest living past president of the young oil-producing country, worked closely with the ex-senior adviser to the late John Evans Atta Mills and continued in a similar role under current leader, John Mahama. �It hurts me. I feel so bad about it. We have lost a gem,� Rawlings told state-owned Radio Ghana.