Former Minister of Transport under the NDC administration Dzifa Aku Attivor has died.

She is reported to have died in the early hours of Tuesday, 16 November 2021 after a short illness.

She was 65.

Dzifa Aku Attivor was apoliticianand businesswoman. She was Minister for TransportinGhanauntil her resignation in December 2015 due to a controversial bus re-branding contract. She was appointed in February 2013 byformer President John Mahamaafter the general election in December 2012.

Ms Attivor was a member of the NDC.

She contested the Ho West constituency primaries of the NDC in 2008 but lost to Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrahwho subsequently won the elections in December 2008.

She was, however, appointed Deputy Minister for Transport byPresident John Atta Millsfrom 2009 to January 2012. AfterJohn Mahamabecame President, she was appointed the substantive Minister for Transport.