{"id":445509,"date":"2017-12-10T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/10\/tamale-stadium-renamed-aliu-mahama-sports-stadium\/"},"modified":"2017-12-10T11:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T11:00:32","slug":"tamale-stadium-renamed-aliu-mahama-sports-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/10\/tamale-stadium-renamed-aliu-mahama-sports-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamale Stadium renamed Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Sunday, 10 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-10<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/90674754.295.jpg\" alt=\"Aliu Mahama 2\" title=\"Aliu Mahama 2\" width=\"295\" height=\"176\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The late Aliu Mahama was Ghana&#8217;s Vice President [7th January 2001 to 7th January 2009]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512903632_341_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> President Akufo-Addo has signed an Instrument to rename the Tamale Sports Stadium to Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium, in honour of the late Aliu Mahama, the former Vice President.<\/p>\n<p>The renaming is part of the fifth-anniversary celebration of his passing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is proper to name after it the former Vice President to recognize his immense contribution to the development and promotion of sports, particularly, football,&#8221; the Instrument said.<\/p>\n<p>It added, &#8220;his significant contribution to the construction and development of the Stadium and his commitment to ensuring discipline and inspiring leadership in the youth of Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The late Aliu Mahama was a native Dagbon, who served as President John Agyekum Kufuor&#8217;s Vice President from 2001 \u2013 2008.<\/p>\n<p>His development and promotion of sports, particularly football, began with the Real Tamale United (RTU) Football Club, where he was a founding member and bankroller for several years.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his lifetime, Aliu Mahama was a supporter of youth and sports development and he helped raise awareness of discipline with his \u201cCampaign for greater discipline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He remains an inspiration to the youth as well as sportsmen and women irrespective of their socio-economic background or ethnicity, and a national icon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Tamale Sports Stadium holds great significance in the life of the late Alhaji Aliu Mahama as it remains a constant reminder of the realization of his effort at promoting football in the Northern Region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It also achieves one of his lifelong goals of giving football fans in the Northern Region the opportunity to experience exhilarating local and international football matches,&#8221; a statement from the presidency said.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony for the renaming will take place on December 10, 2017, in Tamale.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 49 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Sunday, 10 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-10 The late Aliu Mahama was Ghana&#8217;s Vice President [7th January 2001 to 7th January 2009] President Akufo-Addo has signed an Instrument to rename the Tamale Sports Stadium to Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium, in honour of the late Aliu Mahama, the former Vice President. 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