The
Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has lost his mum, Hajia Mariama Bawumia
alias Maame.
Sources close to the Vice -President said the late mother of the
Vice-President had been unwell for some time now and was hospitalized but
passed on early this morning. She was 82
Hajia Mariama was a native of Kpasenkpe in the West Mamprusi
district of the North East Region.
She was one of the few girls from the northern part of the country
to have gained admission to Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast
In a Facebook post on Monday morning, September 13, 2021,
announcing the passing of his mother, Vice President Bawumia said: "Hajia Mariama passed away peacefully this
morning in Accra. Burial is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday September 14, 2021
in Walewale."
Below is Dr Bawumia's Facebook post.
STATEMENT ON THE
PASSING OF HAJIA MARIAMA BAWUMIA
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 Mariama Bawumia.
Hajia Mariama passed away peacefully this morning in Accra. Burial
is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday September 14, 2021 in Walewale.
May the Almighty Allah grant her Jannatul Firdaus.
H.E. ALHAJI DR.
MAHAMUDU BAWUMIA,
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF
GHANA