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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Ghana Cry Again In The Some Election Year

Ghanaian have already had a tragedy from the big lost the sitting president and a disaster from melcom.
At about 9:45 Friday, according to Communications Minister Haruna Iddrisu. He had been on admission at the hospital for about a week
He died at the Korle Bu Hospital on 16 November 2012 at the age of 66. The nature of his condition was not exactly known.
He was reported to have died on 14 November 2012 at the Korle Bu Hospital but the story was denied the same day by his family and hospital authorities.
which mean he was been push away throughout unbeliever politicise of Ghana in this election year.
The black Tuesday(Late president death), black Wednesday(disater hit Malcom shopping mell), and now black Friday (the late former vice president) in the some year Ghana has suffered a big lost on this election year.


Alhaji Aliu Mahama (3 March 1946 – 16 November 2012) was Vice-President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He sought the New Patriotic Party's nomination for the 2008 presidential election,[1] but at the party's convention in December 2007 he received only 6.38% of delegates' votes (146 votes).
An ethnic Dagomba, Alhaji Aliu Mahama as a young man studied at the Government Secondary School in Tamale from 1960-67 for his Ordinary and Advanced Level Certificates. He proceeded to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi from 1967-71 where he obtained the BSc in Building Technology.
He started his working career at the Bolgatanga regional office of the State Construction Corporation as an Engineer/Construction from 1972-75.

He was promoted to Assistant Regional Manager and posted to the Koforidua Regional Office of the Corporation from 1975-76. He held the position of Regional Manager in charge of the Northern Region, Tamale from June 1976- August 1982.

In 1982 he successfully established his own Civil Engineering and General Construction Firm- LIDRA Limited and became its Managing Director. He became the Chairman of the Northern Regional Contractors Association in 1996 until the December 2000 Elections.

Alhaji Aliu Mahama was also an Aluminus of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). In order to sharpen and deepen his management and leadership skills, he obtained two certificates from the Institute in Project Planning and Management and in Leadership.

Alhaji Aliu Mahama had exceptional interest in Local Governance and Community Development.
Accordingly he was Councilor, Yendi District Council in 1978 and Assemblyman, Tamale Municipal Assembly in 1990.

He was the Chairman of the Economic Development Committee of the Tamale-Louisville Sister State Committee.
He has been board member of several Secondary Schools in the Northern Region including the Temale Polyntic

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