Joshua Hamidu
Joshua Mahamadu Hamidu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936 (age 87–88) Yendi, Ghana[1] |
| Allegiance |  Ghana |
| Service | Ghana Army |
| Commands | 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]
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- ^ Tagoe, George (6 May 2004). Genesis Four. Trafford Publishing. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
- ^ Kwaku Sakyi-Addo (2001-01-12). "Ghana's new ministers". BBC African News. BBC Online. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ^ "Narcotics Control Board". Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ^ "Governance of the Bank". Official website. Bank of Ghana. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ^ Iyefu Adoba. "APRM, Veritable Tool for Good Governance - Envoy". Official website. The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). Archived from the original on July 4, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ^ "White Paper on the Wuaku Commission Report" (pdf). Ghana government. Retrieved 2008-11-05.