MINISTER LAUDS TAMALE METRO ASSEMBLY

MINISTER LAUDS TAMALE METRO ASSEMBLY

The Northern Regional Minister has praised the Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Alhaji Abdulai Haruna Friday and Members of the Assembly for taking a bold decision to complete the new Assembly Office complex which was started in 1998 but stalled in 2001.
According to the Mr. Moses Bukari Mabengba, the new office complex when completed will not only add to the beautification of Tamale but will also signal the beginning an the end of the periodic renting of conference halls to hold Assembly meetings.
He said these at a meeting with the Tamale MCE and other staff of the Assembly recently in Tamale.
The visit of the Regional Minister and his Deputy to the offices of the Assembly formed part of his working visits he embarked upon since his assumption of office as the substantive Regional Minister to all the Assemblies under the jurisdiction.
The meeting afforded Mr. Mabengba the opportunity to interact with management and staff of the Assembly in order to know some of the challenges and success stories of the Assembly.
Briefing him on behalf of the Assembly, the Metropolitan Coordinator, John B. Atogiba, said the Assembly faces many challenges most of which bordered on security but added that all but a few remained unresolved which he said, if not resolved quickly can disturb the peace in the area.
On Sanitation, Mr. Atogiba told Mr. Mabengba that the Assembly spends 1,000 Ghana cedis a week on fuel for the Assembly’s Waste Management and Sanitation vehicles.
Despite all these challenges, according to Mr. Atogiba Tamale is rated as the neatest city in Ghana and assured that the Assembly will never shirk its waste management responsibility to the detriment of the population.
Mr. Moses Mabengba said Tamale is not only the capital of the Metropolis but also the Regional Capital and the seat of Government in the region, and therefore, it is incumbent on the Assembly to ensure that all is well with in Tamale.
The Minister assured the MCE and his staff of the support and collaboration of the Regional Coordinating Council as they work hard to make Tamale a better and save place for investment and the economic hub in the region.