Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Saturday afternoon paid President John Mahama a commisserating visit to console him, following the tragic loss of two Ministers of State and six other officials in last Wednesday's helicopter clash.

The former Vice President, who called on the President at his private residence, was accompanied by some officials of the New Patriotic Party and the past government.

Dr. Bawumia, once again, expressed his deepest condolences to President Mahama, the bereaved families and the nation, reiterating the demise of the officials as a national tragedy.

Dr. Bawumia also visited the family of the late Defence Minister, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, to express his sympathies to them for the loss.