According to reports, Hajia Ramatu Mahama, the wife of the late Vice President of Ghana under John Agyekum Kufour’s administration, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, is dead.
She died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra on Thursday afternoon after she was admitted on Monday.
She was 70.
Her son, Halim Mahama who confirmed the sad news said in a statement:
“Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un (Indeed to Allah we belong, and to Allah we shall return.)It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my beloved mother Hajia Ramatu Mahama”.
“Hajia Ramatu Mahama passed away peacefully this evening in Thursday 7th 2022 in Accra.”
“May the Almighty Allah grant her Jannatul Firdaus.”
Family members are in a meeting to plan to inform the government of the decision for her funeral in line with Islamic traditions.
Following the meeting and information to the government funeral plans will be revealed by the state and family.
The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamdu Bawumia, was among several high-profile visitors to her hospital ward on Wednesday after he was informed of her sudden illness.
She sadly passed away while on admission at Ghana’s leading hospital on Thursday with her children and relatives close to her.
