{"id":13583,"date":"2014-04-15T13:23:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T13:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=13583"},"modified":"2014-04-15T16:58:33","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T16:58:33","slug":"npp-founding-father-dies-in-the-northern-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/npp-founding-father-dies-in-the-northern-region\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP founding father dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A founding father of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern Region, His Excellency, Roland Issifu Alhassan has been reported dead.<\/p>\n<p>The former Ghana\u2019s Ambassador to Germany during President Kuffour\u2019s administration died Monday night at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra after a short illness.<\/p>\n<p>The late Roland R.I Alhassan was running mate to Professor Adu Boahene in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>He was also the Chief Patron of the New Patriotic Party in the Northern Region.<\/p>\n<p>He was rated as the first northerner to be called to the Bar.<\/p>\n<p>His remains was on Tuesday, April 15 airlifted to Tamale for burial in his hometown Kumbungu in the Northern Region.<\/p>\n<p>A family friend, Abubakari Harunah Sadique told Citi News hundreds of people from all walks of life flooded the late R.I Alhassan\u2019s residence at Sagnarigu to pay their last respect.<\/p>\n<p>In a related development, national Chairman of the NPP, Paul Afoko described the death of His Excellency Roland Issifu Alhassan as a great loss to the NPP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI received this news with great shock, but I first of all want to on behalf of the party render my condolences to the bereaved family and let me say that he was a father to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He remarked, \u201cIn fact, this is a great loss to the country and a great shock to the party because he was a man who played a pivotal role in holding our party together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Paul Afoko, the late R.I Alhassan endorsed his candidature as aspiring NPP national Chairman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn a personal note, this was the man who stood up unequivocally and said that he supported me hundred percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A founding father of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern Region, His Excellency, Roland Issifu Alhassan has been reported dead. 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