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- 1 2 Web, Ghana. "Why NADMO Amoo was fired". ghanaweb.com. ghanaweb. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ↑ Management Organisation, National Disaster. "About". nadmo.gov.gh. nadmo.gov. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ↑ News Agency, Ghana. "Military officer heads NADMO". ghananewsagency.org. ghananewsagency.org. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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