Ghanaian president-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo, has appointed Femi Fani-Kayode former Wife, Saratu Atta as a personal assistant ahead of his inauguration Saturday.
Saratu Atta
Ms. Atta, 53 served as an executive aide to Mr. Akufo-Addo since 2009, a statement on the president-elect’s website said.
She is amongst the three women of a total 12 appointees so far named by Mr. Akufo-Addo, but the statement did not provide further details about her new role.
The two other women are Akosua Osei-Opare, Chief of Staff to the President, and Clara Tia, a presidential staffer.
She married Mr. Fani-Kayode, Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation, in 1987 and bore him a female child named Folake in the same year. They parted ways around 1989 when Mr. Fani-Kayode found a new wife, Yemisi Wada.
A brief citation of Ms. Atta said that she is a graduate of the University of Warwick, UK, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and International Studies.
