Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, says the death of Nigeria’s former Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, has left a political vacuum in the state that will be very difficult to fill.
The Governor in a statement said he received the news of the former Senator’s death with deep shock but he is consoled that she lived a life of service to humanity.
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Governor Ishaku described her as a woman of great courage and noted that her death is a personal loss to him.
The Governor noted that Alhassan’s contributions have made a great impact on the social and political emancipation of women in Taraba State and the country.
He also prayed to God to grant her family the fortitude to bear the great loss.
Alhassan, popularly known as “Mama Taraba”, was a Senator representing Taraba North in the National Assembly, a former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, and the major contender in the Taraba State governorship election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress in 2015.
Alhassan also contested the 2019 governorship election under the United Democratic Party and defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2020.
She was one of the front-line members of the PDP in Taraba State and a member of a zonal working committee set up by the Taraba PDP to mobilize ahead of the 2023 election.