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Hawa Yakubu
lived like a meteor - Kufuor
Accra, March 30, GNA - The late Madam Hawa Yakubu was a
great woman who served and carried the flag of Ghana high,
President John Agyekum Kufuor said in a tribute to her at
the Castle, Osu, on Friday.
He said the Government and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of
which she was the First National Vice Chairman would,
therefore, stand with the bereaved family to give "this
high-spirited lady who lived like a meteor, a shooting star"
a decent and befitting funeral.
"She seemed to live by destiny and must be seen off with
deep feelings and respect," President Kufuor said when a
delegation of the family of the deceased called on him to
officially announce the death to him.
Among those present were some members of the Council of
State, Ministers, Parliamentarians as well as the National
and Regional Executive Members of the NPP.
Madam Yakubu died in London on March 20, where she was
receiving medical treatment.
President Kufuor said he was overcome by sadness and
recalled his first contact with her about 30 years ago when
they both served in the Constituent Assembly that drafted
the Third Republican Constitution.
He said although then relatively young at the time, there
was no way anybody could miss her presence. “She was
enterprising”, the President said.
As Independent Member of Parliament (MP) in 1992, NPP MP in
1996 and Minister in 2001, her performance was sterling and
in the NPP she carved a niche for herself, President Kufuor
noted.
Earlier, Mr C. K. Tedam, a Member of the Council of State,
Mr Kwamina Bartels, Information and National Orientation
Minister, and Mrs Gladys Asmah, Minister of Fisheries, took
turns to pay glowing tributes to her memory.
Running through these were the acknowledgement of her
exceptional courage to speak for the voiceless,
philanthropic work and service to the nation.
Mr Tedam said the late Madam Yakubu played a big role in
“selling” Ghana.
Ghana has lost a great daughter, declared Mr Bartels, while
Mrs Asmah said of her, "She was one of those people whose
lives should be emulated."
The Spokesman of the bereaved family, Mr Bernard D. Moro,
informed President Kufuor that no date had been fixed for
her funeral and that they were still consulting.
He said they, however, intended to bury her at her hometown,
Pusiga in the Upper East Region.
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