{"id":223362,"date":"2016-06-18T09:45:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T09:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=223362"},"modified":"2016-06-18T09:45:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T09:45:56","slug":"how-mahamas-daughter-eased-the-pain-of-losing-a-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/how-mahamas-daughter-eased-the-pain-of-losing-a-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"How Mahama’s daughter eased the pain of losing a mother"},"content":{"rendered":"
President John Dramani Mahama on Friday,\u00a0revealed how his eight (8) year old daughter, Farida Mahama, consoled him and promised to be there for him as a replacement for his deceased mother, who was buried on Friday, June 17.<\/p>\n
The first family was hit with the sad news of the demise of the mother of the President, Abiba Nnaba, last Tuesday, at aged 85.<\/p>\n
Condolences came in from all kinds of people such as the opposition \u00a0party leader, Nana Akufo-Addo, former presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuor among others.<\/p>\n
But the most touching words of comfort for President Mahama, which he shared on his official Twitter account, may have come from his eight year-old daughter, Farida Mahama.<\/p>\n
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President Mahama shared the soothing words of his daughter as he prepared to bury his mother on Friday: \u00a0\u201cSmile! You lost your mother, but you have me\u201d Farida told her daddy.<\/p>\n
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Abiba Nnaba, born 1931, was buried in Bunusu in West Gonja on Friday in line with Islamic tradition.<\/p>\n
The Mahama family including President Mahama , Alfred Mahama, Ibrahim Mahama and the First Lady, Lordina Mahama, witnessed the burial<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in front of the late Hajia Abiba Nnaba\u2019s private residence.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President John Dramani Mahama on Friday,\u00a0revealed how his eight (8) year old daughter, Farida Mahama, consoled him and promised to be there for him as a replacement for his deceased mother, who was buried on Friday, June 17. The first family was hit with the sad news of the demise of the mother of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":223364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n