Former minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Jummai Alhassan, has died at the age of 61.
The former governorship candidate of Taraba, popularly called Mama Taraba, passed away on Friday, May 7, 2021 in a hospital in Cairo, her former media aide, Suleiman Dantsoho confirmed.
She was appointed minister in 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari to represent Taraba State after losing the 2015 governorship election to the incumbent Darius Ishaku.
She resigned as the minister on July 27, 2018 after the ruling APC screening committee disqualified her from the 2019 governorship primaries.
