The matriarch of the Yar’Adua's family, Hajiya Dada touched the lives of many Nigerians through her charity works especially in the North. She died on Monday evening, September 2, 2004, at the age of 102. Dada, who is the mother of former president of Nigeria, late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua passed away at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina after a brief illness. Aside the late president, Dada was also the mother of late Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and the current Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’Adua. She was buried in Katsina on Tuesday, September 3, in accordance with Islamic rites. Her husband was also a politician, administrator and Minister of Lagos Affairs during Nigeria’s First Republic. Since in the 60's Hajiya Dada became an influential figure in Nigeria’s polity, as many aspiring politicians sought her advice before venturing into politics. The matriarch died exactly 14 years after the passing of former presid...
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