Ghana High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Rashid Bawa is dead.
According to reports, the 65-yr old Bawa died on Thursday, March 14, in Abuja and was flown to Ghana’s Kadjebi, Oti Region on Friday, for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
According to Ghanaweb, Bawa was a member of the New Patriotic Party, NPP, and a former MP. He also served as Ghana’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
He was appointed as Ghana’s high commissioner to Nigeria by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in 2017.
Reports gathered that Bawa is the second person appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to die in under a week, as John Kumah, a deputy minister of finance, died on Thursday, March 7, 2024.
