Information reaching POLITICS NIGERIA says that a former minister of Postal Services in the Second Republic, Senator Hamisu Musa, is dead.
According to the deceased’s son, Ibrahim Musa, the octogenarian died at 1am on Thursday at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano State after a protracted illness.
He added that the funeral will hold today (Thursday) at 12noon at his Kafin Agur home in Madobi Local Government Area of Kano State.
The late 89-year-old politician was elected senator on the platform of the defunct Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, in 1979 to represent Kano South West Senatorial District. During his time in the Red Chamber, he chaired the Senate Committee on Social Development.
Senator Musa, who studied at the New York Institute of Management, was a recipient of an honorary doctorate degree and a national honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger, CON.
