Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Rashid Bawa has passed on, Ghana News Agency Reports.
He is said to have died in Nigeria on Thursday 14 March, 2024, the News Agency said.
The 83-year-old is expected to be flown to Ghana for burial in accordance with Islamic culture.
Mr. Rashid Bawa also served as Ghana’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2005-2008.
He was also the Member of Parliament for Akan Constituency from 7 January 2001 to 6 January 2005 who contested as an independent candidate.
In June 2017, President Akuffo-Addo named Rashid Bawa as Ghana’s Ambassador to Nigeria.
He was among eight other distinguished Ghanaians who were named to head various diplomatic Ghanaian missions across the world.
