The Mother of the vice-president has passed on. According to sources close to the family, she passed on after a short illness in Accra. She died at age 82. Hajia Mariama, popularly called Maame had been unwell and hospitalized over the past few weeks and died on Monday 13 September.
Prior to her death, she provided all the motherly support a man could need to her son, the vice president of the republic of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. Her death is a big loss to the Bawumia family and Ghana at large. May her soul rest in perfect peace.
Ghanaians have started sympathizing with the family. The first lady, Madam Rebecca sent her condolences as she tweeted ‘ condolences to the Vice President Dr. Bawumia and the entire family on the loss of their Matriarch Hajia Mariama Bawumia. May she rest in perfect peace’
