Background
Hawa Yakubu was born at Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana.
Hawa Yakubu was born at Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana.
She died in London, England, due to cancer. Yakubu fled to London then Nigeria when a military coup occurred in 1981, where she lived in opposition until 1991. She then lost the seat under controversial circumstances and moved to Cotonou, Benin until 2000.
In 2001 and 2002, she was appointed to be Minister of Tourism under President John Kufuor.
She also served at this time as a Ghanaian representative to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) parliament. Yakubu lost her parliament seat in 2004.
At the time of her death in 2007, it was reported that she had been suffering from cancer for quite some time and had sought treatment in London and South Africa. She is survived by three children.
She was a Member of Parliament in the Fourth Republic of Ghana and was also a Minister for Tourism. In 1979, Yakubu was elected unopposed to her local council and was the youngest member of the constituent assembly which wrote the constitution of the Ghana"s Third Republic.