Joshua Hamidu

Joshua Mahamadu Hamidu
Born	1936 (age 79–80) Yendi, Ghana[1]
Allegiance	Ghana
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. United States. Joint Publications Research Service (1978). Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
2. Tagoe, George (6 May 2004). Genesis Four. Trafford Publishing. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
3. Kwaku Sakyi-Addo (2001-01-12). "Ghana's new ministers". BBC African News (BBC Online). Retrieved 2008-11-05.
4. "Narcotics Control Board". Retrieved 2008-11-05.
5. "Governance of the Bank". Official website. Bank of Ghana. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
6. 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.
7. "White Paper on the Wuaku Commission Report" (pdf). Ghana government. Retrieved 2008-11-05.