Hajia Ramatu Aliu Mahama, the former second lady of the Republic of Ghana, has died.
At the time of her death, she was 70 years old.
She died yesterday afternoon, Thursday, April 7, at the Korlebu Teaching Hospital.
Hajia Ramatu Aliu Mahama was the wife of Alhaji Aliu Mahama, the late Vice President of Ghana during John Agyekum Kufour’s government.
“It is with deep sorrow, I announce the passing of my beloved mom, the former Second Lady of the Republic, Hajia Ramatu Aliu Mahama(neè Egala).
She passed on peaceful in Accra at the Korlebu Teaching Hospital earlier this afternoon,” Farouk Aliu Mahama, MP for Yendi constituency said.
“The family has lost a great pillar. Burial and funeral rites would be conducted in accordance with Islamic traditions. Further information will be provided in due course,” he added.
Quick plans for burial must be made in accordance with Islamic traditions, but as a former First Lady, the government will be eager to participate in her funeral.
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