The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has commiserated with the governor of Katsina State, Dikko Umaru Radda, on the death of his mother, Hajiya Safara’u Umaru Barebari.

In a statement signed by NGF chairman and governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the NGF celebrated the life of service, devotion, and dignity that Hajiya Safara’u led, and commiserated with the people and government of Katsina State as well as the children and grandchildren of the nonagenarian. “Our prayers and thoughts are with His Excellency, his family, and the people of the state on this sad event. We also send our condolences to Her Excellency Hajiya Hauwa Radda, who was a wife of former President Umaru Musa YarAdua, GCFR,” the the statement said.

“We ask Allaah to ease the account of Hajiya Safara’u, lighten up and widen her grave, and admit her to Al-jannah Firdaus. We also pray to Allaah to uphold the family upon goodness,” the Forum added.

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