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22.10.2019 Politics

Council Of State Member Mogtar Shahanun Has Died

Council Of State Member Mogtar Shahanun Has Died
22.10.2019 LISTEN

JoyNews’ Upper West regional correspondent, Rafiq Salam reports Mogtar Shahanun suddenly took ill and was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead by doctors.

He is expected to be buried Tuesday under strict Islamic tradition, the reporter said.

The 74-year-old veteran statesman served as the first Regional Minister of the Upper West region under former President John Kufuor.

He was Ghana's ambassador to Burkina Faso from 2005 to 2009.

The late Shahanun also served as the first Regional Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) from 1991 to 2002.

He is credited for the establishment of the Wa campus of University of Development Studies (UDS) in 2002.

He is survived by two wives and ten children.

---Myjoyonline

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