Hajiya Fatima Adamu Baaba, mother of the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has passed on.
Mr Ben Goong, Director of Press of the ministry, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
Goong said that Hajiya Fatima died in the early hours of Friday at the age of 109.
He said the deceased who is survived by six children – three males and three females – would be buried on Friday at Azare in Bauchi State, in accordance with Islamic rites.