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- 1 2 Ghana Parliamentary Register 1969-70. Office of the National Assembly, Accra. 1969. p. 315.
- ↑ March, 2002, Ghana Commission of Inquiry into the Yendi Disturbances of 25th-27th (2002). The Commission of Inquiry (Yendi Events): C.I.36/2002 : Wuaku Commission. Republic of Ghana.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic. 1971.
- ↑ Assembly, Ghana National (1970). Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Ghana Publishing Corporation.