Hajiya Fatima Adamu Baaba, the mother of Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, passed away.

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.

The deceased who is survived by six children – three males and three females – have been buried on Friday at Azare in Bauchi State, in accordance with Islamic rites.