13 Facts About Aliu Mahama

Alhaji Aliu Mahama was a Ghanaian engineer and politician who was Vice-President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009.

Aliu Mahama obtained two certificates from the Institute in Project Planning and Management and in Leadership.

Aliu Mahama was promoted to Assistant Regional Manager and posted to the Koforidua Regional Office of the corporation from 1975 to 1976.

Aliu Mahama held the position of Regional Manager in charge of the Northern Region, Tamale from June 1976 to August 1982.

Aliu Mahama was Chairman of the Northern Regional Contractors Association from 1996 until the December 2000 elections.

Aliu Mahama was a Councilor on the Yendi District Council in 1978 and an Assemblyman on the Tamale Municipal Assembly in 1990.

Aliu Mahama was Chairman of the Economic Development Committee of the Tamale-Louisville Sister State Committee.

Aliu Mahama was a board member of several secondary schools in the Northern Region including the Tamale Polytechnic.

Aliu Mahama served as a board member of the Ghanaian Premier League side Real Tamale United, where he was a founding member.

Aliu Mahama eventually died at the same hospital on 16 November 2012 at the age of 66 from a heart-related condition and complications from a stroke.

Aliu Mahama died almost four months after Ghanaian President John Atta Mills died.

Aliu Mahama's body was later flown in a Ghana Air Force jet to Tamale in the Northern Region for burial at his private residence.

Aliu Mahama was buried in Kalpohin and his wife Ramatu Aliu Mahama was buried closer to him.