Limuna Mohammed Muniru

Limuna Mohammed Muniru was born on 8 August 1967 in Langbonto, Damongo, in the Savannah Region. He started his primary school at United Primary School in Tamale, had his Junior High School (JHS) education at the Vitting Experimental JHS from 1977 to 1980 in Tamale, proceeded to Damongo Secondary School in the Savannah Region, for his GCE Ordinary Level from 1980 to 1984, and then Tamale Secondary School in Tamale from 1986 to 1988 for his GCE Advanced Level. Limuna obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Ghana between 1990 and 1993.^[5] He attended the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in 2007–2008. He graduated from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in April 2005.^[6]

Muniru was married and had four children.^[6] He died on 6 August 2025, when the military helicopter he was travelling on crashed in the Ashanti Region, killing all eight people on board, including the Minister of Defence, Edward Omane Boamah, the Minister of Environment, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, and the vice chairman of the NDC, Samuel Sarpong.^[4] He and other victims of the crash were accorded a state funeral in Accra on 15 August that was attended by President John Mahama.^[7]