Information gathered  indicates that Dzifa Aku Attivor, former Minister for Transport under the NDC government has died.

According to a report by myxyzonline.com, the minister died in Accra, in the early hours of Tuesday, November 16, 2021, after a short illness.

She was 65-years-old.

Dzifa Attivor was one of the leading members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta Region.

The Ghanaian politician and businesswoman was appointed IN February 2013 as the Minister for Transport until she resigned in December 2015 due to a controversial bus re-branding contract.

The former Minister’s family is expected to receive sympathisers at her Adentan residence in Accra later in the day.

Politics
Attivor is a member of the National Democratic Congress. She contested the Ho West constituency primaries of the NDC in 2008 but lost to Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah who subsequently won the elections in December 2008.

She was however appointed Deputy Minister for Transport by President John Atta Mills from 2009 to January 2012. After John Dramani Mahama became President, she was appointed the substantive Minister for Transport.

Regional Chairperson bid

Attivor made her intentions known publicly and launched her campaign to become the Volta Regional Chairperson of the National Democratic Congress in August 2018.

She campaigned on the ideas of changing the norm by selecting a female to head the region and the fact that the incumbent government had failed in delivering their promises, but she lost the elections and urged the members and other supporters to rally behind the winner and ensure a collective win for their party.

She was defeated in the elections in September 2018 after garnering 374 votes against the winner John Kudzo Gyapong, the incumbent who had 491 votes.

Personal life

Attivor was married Raphael Napoleon Kwaku Attivor, who passed away in 2019. She has three children. She is a Christian and a member of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana.

Source: peacefmonline