The defunct "New Ghanaian" a weekly newspaper, which was based in Tamale in 1996 and sought to champion the course of Northern Ghana, is to be re-launched in July, this year.

Alhaji Razak El-Alawa, former editor of the paper told newsmen in Tamale that the re-launch of the paper was to help promote unity and development in the North, particularly Dagbon.

The paper was first published in October 1996 and lasted only a year due to technical problems and funding.

Alhaji El-Alawa who was also the editor of "The Democrat" observed that there were developmental and educational issues in the North that needed to be highlighted for assistance and called on corporate bodies and people with ideas to contribute to sustain the paper.

He said the "New Ghanaian" would not champion the course of any political party and appealed to the public to regard the paper as a "baby" and nurture it to grow.

Mr Mohammed Baba Braimah, a veteran journalist who would edit the paper, said a board had been constituted to plan the paper and welcomed feature articles and suggestions to help the paper to develop.