Our hearts grieve, eyes full of tears, but we cannot question the will of Allah. We all belong to him, and to him shall we return.
I have been compelled to write these few lines to honour a sister, mother, wife, counsellor, intellectual and philanthropist, whose noble companionship and biological ties have touched my life in many ways.
It has been a difficult moment for our family, people of Bauchi State and our country. Dr Zuwaira Garkuwa, a former commissioner in the Bauchi State Ministry of Health, consultant physician/associate professor of community medicine in the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, died in a ghastly motor accident on November 23, 2020. That day will never be forgotten as long as we still live on this planet. She died on her way to attend an official function, typical of her nature.