Nigeria’s Education Minister Mallam Adamu Adamu has lost his mother, Hajiya Fatima Adamu Baba.
Hajiya Fatima died in the early hours of Friday, a statement signed by the spokesperson of the Federal Education Ministry, Ben Gooong has said.
The statement said the minister, Adamu, confirmed that his mother died in the early hours of Friday morning.
Hajiya Fatima Adamu Baaba was said to be the eldest woman in the town of Azare.
“She was probably the oldest woman in Azare where she had lived virtually all her life after migrating from Katagum as a young girl more than ninety years ago. “Remarkably too, late Hajia Fatima retained all her faculties, was alert and active until her death due to old age”, the statement read in part.
Hajia Fatima who died at the age of 109 is survived by seven children—Malam Lawal Adamu, Hon. Ibrahim Adamu, a politician in Bauchi, Malam Adamu Adamu, the current education minister, Hajia Hafsat Mohammed, Hajia Hauwa’u Taudo and Hajia Iya Abubakar.
She was buried at Azare, Bauchi State, home town of the minister according to Islamic rites.
