Joshua Mahamadu Hamidu | |
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Born | 1936 (age 88–89) |
Place of birth | Yendi, Ghana[1] |
Allegiance |
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Service/branch | Ghana Army |
Commands held | Chief of the Defence Staff |
Other work |
National Security Co-ordinator Chairman, Narcotics Control Board High Commissioner to Nigeria |
Lieutenant General Joshua Mahamadu Hamidu (born 1936) is a former Chief of Defence Staff and member of the Supreme Military Council government. Prior to that appointment, he was the Ghanaian High Commissioner to Zambia.[2] He was appointed National Security Advisor to the Kufuor government in 2001.[3] He has also been the chairman of the Narcotics Control Board of Ghana.[4] He is also on various boards of the Bank of Ghana.[5] In 2005, he was Ghana's High Commissioner to Nigeria.[6]
Joshua Hamidu had been accused in some circles of being implicated in the killing of the Overlord of Dagbon, the late Ya-Na, Yakubu Andani II in March 2002. The Wuaku Commission which investigated the circumstances leading to the tragedy cleared him of any wrongdoing.[7]
References[]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Tagoe, George (6 May 2004). Genesis Four. Trafford Publishing. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=U5t3TqX4yYwC&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=Major+General+K.+Osei+Boateng&source=bl&ots=yr6jrzVIul&sig=MTQxJEKXd59ovQD0svtDWRKG_Xc&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Major%20General%20K.%20Osei%20Boateng&f=false. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ↑ Kwaku Sakyi-Addo (2001-01-12). "Ghana's new ministers". BBC African News. BBC Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1114455.stm. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ↑ "Narcotics Control Board". http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/org/org_16967.html. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ↑ "Governance of the Bank". Official website. Bank of Ghana. http://www.bog.gov.gh/index1.php?linkid=270. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ↑ Iyefu Adoba. "APRM, Veritable Tool for Good Governance - Envoy". Official website. The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). http://www.nepad.org/2005/news/wmview.php?ArtID=15. Retrieved 2008-11-05.[dead link]
- ↑ "White Paper on the Wuaku Commission Report" (pdf). Ghana government. http://www.dagbon.net/yela/Government%20White%20Paper.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
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