Yakubu Tali Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Tolon Naa Alhaji
Office: Ghanaian
High Commissioner
to Nigeria
Term Start:1965
Term End:1968
Office2: Ghanaian
Ambassador
to
Term Start2:May 1970
Term End2:1972
Predecessor2:Joseph Boye Lomotey
Successor2:K. Y. Boafo[1]
Office3: Ghanaian
High Commissioner
to Sierra Leone
Term Start3:1972
Term End3:1972
Predecessor3:Vo-Na Imoru
Successor3:Michael Kweku Gbagonah
Birth Date:1916
Birth Place:Tali, a village 32 kilometers from Tamale, Ghana
Death Date:June 1986 (aged 69 or 70)
Death Place:Tamale, Ghana

Tolon Naa Alhaji Yakubu Alhassan Tali (1916-1986) was a Ghanaian politician, Paramount Chief of the Tolon Traditional Area and founding member of the Northern People's Party.

From 1965 to 1968, he was Ghana's High Commissioner to Lagos (Nigeria). He was Ghana's Ambassador to Belgrade (Yugoslavia) during the Second Republic.[2]

In 1972, he was appointed Ghana's High Commissioner to Sierra Leone. He was also accredited to Guinea as an Ambassador.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ghana Business Guide. 1972. Business Publications.. en.
  2. Book: Diplomatic Corps of Belgrade. 1971. Međunarodna politika.. en.
  3. News: Nana Addo Celebrates The Life Of Alhaji Yakubu (PHOTOS) . Peacefmonline.com . 12 April 2014 . 23 December 2014 . Accra Ghana.
  4. Book: Chasing the Elephant Into the Bush: The Politics of Complacency . AuthorHouse . Arthur Kennedy . 2009 . 196 . 9781449037048.