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A former minister of health, Dr Haliru Alhassan is dead, Daily Trust reports.
According to the report, Alhassan died this afternoon around 12 noon after a brief illness.
Alhassan was said to be diabetic before his death. He is survived by one wife and four children.
Before his demise, Dr Alhassan was the chairman, Governing Board of Health Services Management Board, Sokoto state.
He is also a stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Before his elevation to the substantive postion of minister of health under the Goodluck Jonathan administration, he was the minister of state for health.