Sagnarigu is a community and capital of
Sagnarigu District
Sagnarigu Municipal District is one of the sixteen districts in Northern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Tamale Municipal District in 1988, which was created from the former West Dagomba District Council, until a ...
in the
Northern Region of
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
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History
Yakubu II
Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani II (born 1945–2002) was the King of Kingdom of Dagbon, Dagbon, the traditional kingdom of the Dagomba people in northern Ghana, from 31 May 1974 until his assassination on 27 March 2002. He was born in August 1945 in Sa ...
was born in Sangarigu in 1945 and later went on to rule as
King of Dagbon until his assassination on 27 March 2002.
On 7 November 2012, Alhaji Saani Abdul-Razak, the Northern Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education observed that violence promotes the destruction of pre-mature society. He convinced the people of Sagnarigu to despise violence and promote peace in the community.
Today, the community maintains its own chief palace for cultural events and is the seat of the Paramount Chief.
See also
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Suburbs of Tamale (Ghana) metropolis
References
Communities in Ghana
Suburbs of Tamale, Ghana
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