Daughter of former Governor of the old Kwara state, Alhaji Adamu Atta who is also Femi Fani-Kayode's ex-wife, Saratu Atta, has just been appointed as
Daughter of former Governor of the old Kwara state, Alhaji Adamu Atta who is also Femi Fani-Kayode’s ex-wife, Saratu Atta, has just been appointed as an assistant to Nana Addo Akufo-Addo, the President-elect of Ghana. This is so because her mother is a Ghanaian. A graduate of Warwick University, UK, Saratu used to be married to Femi and they were together for three years before separating in 1990 and finalizing their divorce in 1993. Despite falling out in marriage, the 53 year old and Femi have managed to remain close friends. Saratu is the mother of Femi’s first child, Folake who is a lawyer in the UK. Interestingly, the president-elect himself, was once married to Femi’s older sister, Remi and both lived in Paris together for many years. They would later move back to Ghana and divorce soon after. Their marriage was blessed with two daughters. The former Minister of Aviation took to his social media to praise the appointment of his ex-wife, saying;
“Nana is a good friend of mine and more like an older brother to me. I first met him when I was ten years old and he was in his late twenties. He is a profoundly good man and exceptionally brilliant. He is also very well bred and very well educated. He went to a very good English private school, first Holmewood House, which I attended many years later, and then I think he went to either Lancing College or Epsom, before going to Oxford University and then later to the Sorbonne in Paris. His wife Sister Becky is also a good friend and I knew her very well when we lived in the same block of apartments in Chelsea, London when I was at University in the UK. These are truly wonderful people. I am very happy for them and very proud of Saratu. She is a wonderful lady and very hardworking. I have no doubt that she will do an excellent job in her new position and so will Nana Akufo Addo. With people like that at the helm of affairs Ghana will be in very good hands. Nana was born to lead and I am glad that he has finally been given the opportunity to do so”.
