DISGRUNTLED NDC YOUTH LOCK UP NYEP OFFICE

DISGRUNTLED NDC YOUTH LOCK UP NYEP OFFICE

Desperate job seeking youth of the ruling NDC in Tamale yesterday morning, stormed the Northern Regional Office of the National Youth Employment (NYEP) Office and locked up the Tamale Central Office of the NYEP.
Mohammed Sobur, the Tamale Central Coordinator was chased out at the time of the riot by the aggressors who wielded machetes, stones and sticks.
The Northern Regional Correspondent of Peace fm, Kwabena Ntow was nearly lynched at the scene but for the timely intervention of some concern persons among the aggressors gesture him away from the scene on his motor bike.
Concerns are that, the Tamale Central Coordinator, Mohammed Sobur allegedly sold NYEP forms that were made available by Member of Parliament for the constituency, Inusah Fuseini for distribution to some jobless youth in his constituency.
The aggressors alleged that only few copies were distributed to each ward in the constituency with the remaining sold out to the disadvantage of the unemployed masses.
They also accused Mohammed Sobur of building a house within a short period since he assumed office as the Tamale Central Constituency Coordinator.
When contacted, Mohammed Adam Amin alias Abio, Regional Coordinator of the National Youth Employment Programme regretted the incident but gave the assurance that his office will address the concerns.
Barely some weeks ago the peeved youth the NDC has kept leadership of the Atta Mill led administration on their toes across the country coupled with what the youth say they still remain unemployed as they were promised to be given jobs when the party recapture power.
For almost two years now since the party recaptures the presidential seat of the country, the youth claimed they has not seen any changes, who has toiled and risk their lives for the party during the 2008 general elections.

NASPA DONATES TO SAVELUGU ORPHANAGE

NASPA DONATES TO SAVELUGU ORPHANAGE

Being touched with the plight of the vulnerable in the society, the National service personnel Association (NASPA) in the Savelugu-Naton district has donated items worth 330 Ghana cedis to the Savelugu Malja Al-Ansuar Orphanage.
The items include 2 bags of rice, a gallon of cooking oil, 2 boxes of Sunlight soap and toiletries.
The Savelugu-Naton District NASPA President, Jonathan Lartey, presenting the items to the Orphanage said NASPA in the district has the donation behind their agenda over a long period of time before the association was formally organized.
He said the association has seen the vunerable as part of the society which deserves the needed respect and support which culminated NASPA in the district in their own personal diverse ways decided to contribute their quota to the wellbeing of the orphanage.
According to him, when given the lamp light for progress to the less privileged in the society, they are capable of contributing to the development of the country.
He urged Ghanaians to let the vulnerable understand their importance to the nation building as they are good future leaders of mother Ghana. He therefore use the occasion to appeal to other organizations to as a matter of urgency include humanitarian service in their year long programme which he believes will help the less privilege in their operational areas.
The donation which was also part of the NASPA week-long celebration embarked on several activities such as embarking an inter-district football Gala, engage in an entrepreneurship and health symposium, embarking on n a clean-up exercise in the Savelugu district hospital which was jointly organized by Zoomlion Ghana and a blood donation exercise.
The Savelugu Malja Al-Ansuar orphanage which is barely 3 years old has 50 inmates supported by Arab missionaries in the country.
Receiving the items on behalf of the orphanage, the head teacher of the Savelugu Malja Al-Ansuar E-A Primary School, Iddrisu Mohammed Awal commended the association for their noble and devoted kind gesture and promised that the items will be used for the intended purpose.

SHOEMAKERS DONATES TO NYOHINI ORPHANAGE

SHOEMAKERS DONATES TO NYOHINI ORPHANAGE

The Tamale Shoemakers Association in their own diverse ways has donated items worth thousands of Ghana cedis to the Nyohini Orphanage. The items include 41 pieces of sandals, biscuits, toiletries, 80 pieces of Rambo mini-bar soap among others.
Presenting the items to the orphanage, the Chairman of the Shoemakers Association, Mr. Abdul-Majeed Ibrahim Andani said the donation is part of the association’s annual plans to touch the lives and showcase their love and passion to the vulnerable in the society to ensure their wellbeing among the citizenry.
According to him, the association sees everybody as vulnerable but in a situation of the orphanage there is the urgent need for them to also contribute their mare to the affairs of the less privilege.
He indicated that the vulnerable needs inclusion and respect but not isolation urging the society to let them realized their importance to the socio-economic development of the nation.
The association which is barely 6 months old according to the chairman has the vision of extending its humanitarian service to various orphanages in the Metropolis.
Mr. Abdul-Majeed Andani therefore used the opportunity to make a passionate appealed to the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly to as a matter of urgency allocate a site for the shoemakers which he believe will help boost the production and marketing of their products, adding that it will also raise the revenue generation of the assembly.
In complementing government’s efforts to create employment, Mr. Abdul-Majeed Andani said the association when allocated to a particular site will have a chance to train the teeming unemployed youth to gain reputable self employment which he believes will help curtail the conflict canker that plaque the north.
The Caretaker of the orphanage, Madam Augustina Quainoo commended the association for the kind gesture saying that the donation was timely and appropriates as it’s in the rainy season and most of the inmates are in die need of foot wares.
She however showered the Shoemakers Association with the name of God wishing them well in all their endeavours.

NORTHERN REGION GETS FACE LIFT IN EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURAL

NORTHERN REGION GETS FACE LIFT IN EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURAL

Reported cases of pupil sitting under trees to learn in some parts of the northern region will soon be a thing of the past because of the passion the Ministry of Education has attached to the expansion of school infrastructure in deprived communities of the north.
The Education Ministry as part of its forward march to solve the problems has awarded on contract 2 unit six classroom block, KVIP and urinal facilities each to be built in eight districts of the northern region for the first phase.
The beneficiary districts include Chereponi, Saboba, Gushegu, Central Gonja and West Gonja districts where contractors have already moved to the site to start work.
The rest are East Gonja, Bole and Sawla Tuna Kalba districts all being areas where the falling standard of education is on the increase due to inadequate school infrastructure.
Mr. Fuseini Alhassan, DCE for Gushegu, one of the beneficiary districts commended the Minister for Education, Mr. Alex Tetteh Enyo for exemplifying President Mills’ pledge to be a father all with regard the distribution of the national cake.
He noted that the rapidity at which educational infrastructure is springing up in the region will achieve government’s commitment to develop talents of the youth to make them productive citizens.
Mr. Fuseini Alhassan disclosed the Education Minister’s pledge to provide enough dual desks for the projects when completed.
The Gushegu DCE urged sector Ministers to emulate the shining example of Hon. Tetteh Enyo by attaching importance to the developmental needs of deprived communities in the northern region.

BUYER THREATENS COURT ACTION OVER NULLIFICATION OF AUCTION CARS IN TAMALE METRO

BUYER THREATENS COURT ACTION OVER NULLIFICATION OF AUCTION CARS IN TAMALE METRO
A man who purchased one of the auctioned vehicles in the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly is threatening legal action if the Assembly goes ahead to nullify the auction process.
Kweku Dua told Journalist that he followed all the due process in procuring the vehicle and will not let it go without a fight.
The Tamale Metropolitan Assembly has hinted a nullification of the auction after irate Gbewah NDC youth in the area ruined the process, claiming that the Assembly officials circumvented the process to sell the vehicles to their cronies.
The Gbewah NDC youth subsequently went on rampage and seized two of the vehicles and will only return them if only the Assembly announces a nullification of the entire process.
The security called a crunched meeting with the ring leaders of the protesting Gbewah youth of the NDC for an amicable settlement but the meeting ended up in a stalemate because the youth were not prepared to see the face of the Metropolitan Chief Executive, Alhaji Abdulai Haruna Friday.
The demands of the youth appear to have held sway with the Assembly announcing a nullification of the auction process.
But Kweku Dua explains that he followed the due process in buying the vehicle and will not return it.
He said he has not been given any official notification of a re-auction but will proceed to court if it comes.

AUCTION OF CARS SUSPENDED AMIDST NDC YOUTH PROTEST

AUCTION OF CARS SUSPENDED AMIDST NDC YOUTH PROTEST

The Tamale Metropolitan Assembly has indefinitely suspended the auctioning of cars.
The decision taken by the Metropolitan Security Committee, METSEC, is to allow the assembly to address issues raised by various interest groups who have questioned the credibility of the exercise.
An NDC Youth Group called the Gbewaa Youth Group has on two occasions resisted the auctioning process claiming that the process was not transparent.
The public sale was marred after the irate youth seized two of the seven cars that were scheduled for auctioning.
Speaking to the media, the Public Relations Officer of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly, Musah Issah said the decision to halt the exercise is to ensure peace and tranquility in the metropolis.
He however said the assembly is not calling off the exercise, but will restart the process at a later date.
He disclosed that all the cars that were towed away are to be returned.
Mr. Musah Issah said the security committee has ordered the auctioneer to discontinue the process and withdraw all vehicles that have been given out whilst a date is yet to be fixed for the auctioning to resume.

TAMALE MAYOR CLEARS AIR ON AUCTION RUMPUS

TAMALE MAYOR CLEARS AIR ON AUCTION RUMPUS

Controversies related to the seizure of auctioned vehicles by the NDC Gbewaa Youth Association in Tamale continues to generate public discourse with the latest joining the fray being Alhaji Abudulai Harunah Friday, Mayor of Tamale.
Alhaji Friday is appealing to the NDC Gbewaa Youth Association to clear his personality from the controversies surrounding the auction sales of some vehicles of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly.
He disputed allegations leveled against him that he supervised the said auction sale carried out by Alhaji Olando through which he was allegedly allocated a Tipper Truck.
Alhaji Friday explained that the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly’s decision to nullify the auction sale though the assembly followed the procurement law was to allow sanity to prevail in the metropolis for government business to thrive.
He disclosed that some personalities from the NDC under the cover the Gbewaa Youth Association, are masterminding to disrepute his hard won reputation as the Mayor of Tamale even as he works to give Tamale a facelift.
The Tamale Mayor urged NDC youth in Tamale to be wary of what he described as the diabolical acts of desperate power seekers and rally behind him to restore peace and tranquility in the metropolis to achieve the NDC’s Better Ghana Agenda.
He refuted a report by an Accra based radio station that the Gbewaa Youth boycotted a meeting with the Metropolitan Security Committee and concluded that he remained focused as the Mayor of Tamale regardless of the obstacles.

NPP YOUTH RUBBISHED CALLS OF REJECTION OF NANA AND ALAN

NPP YOUTH RUBBISHED CALLS OF REJECTION OF NANA AND ALAN

A matured youth wing of opposition New Patriotic Party called the Progressive Citizens of Tamale has rubbished calls for the rejection of Nana Akufo Addo and Mr. Alan Kyeremanteng at the August 7 delegates congress.
This was in response to calls made by another group called the Concerned NPP Youth in Tamale led by Alhaji Alhassan Mozeli who opted for Professor Frimpong Boateng with the assertion that the party will suffer another major electoral defeat in 2012 if Nana Addo or Alan Kyeremanteng is elected as the flag bearer.
Imoro Mohammed Polo, spokesperson of the Progressive Citizens Group in Tamale said the Concerned NPP Youth Group’s call underrated the intelligence of delegates who are discerning enough to make an informed decision on August 7.
He asserted that the news conference organized by the Concerned NPP Youth Group was financed by Professor Frimpong Boateng who has loss hope of making any inroad come August
According to Mohammed Polo, Professor Frimpong Boateng doled out GH 4,000 cedis to the organizers to cause mischief and therefore advised delegates to ignore such characters who he described as NPP’s enemies of progress.
The NPP Progressive Citizens Group encouraged delegates to retain Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo as the party’s flag bearer for victory 2012.
 

POLICE RESCUE 30 CHILDREN FROM TRAFFICKERS

POLICE RESCUE 30 CHILDREN FROM TRAFFICKERS

The Northern Regional Police Command at the weekend rescued some 30 children who were allegedly being trafficked to engage in tedious jobs in Accra and Kumasi.
The children whose ages range between 2-19 years were travelling on a Metro Mass Bus with registration number AS 9908 Y. The suspected traffickers, a male and a woman have been arrested. Aba Ani Akada, a musician 34 years whilst her accomplice Abanin Akatari Christiana 31 years old.
The Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Chief Inspector Ebenezer Tetteh who confirmed the arrest to the media said the interception was made at a police check point in Tamale based on intelligence report received by his outfit.
He said initial interrogation indicates that the children were possibly victims of the human trafficking menace since contact numbers given to them by the suspected traffickers to speak to the relatives of the children turned out to be a hoax.
According to him, the two persons are currently in the police custody as suspects in child trafficking case.
He said as and when investigations are concluded the will be charge for the offence. Human Trafficking has become a social canker that plagues Ghana particularly in the Northern part of the country where children are often the victims.
They sometimes go beyond the city centers of Ghana into neighboring African countries where they engage in tedious jobs and earn very little at the expense of their education and suffer countless human right abuses.
ASP Steven Tetteh, Northern Regional Police Head in charge of the Domestic Violence Victims Support Unit handled the case whose outfit transferred the suspects to the Upper East Regional Police Command.
The arrest was in line with the Upper East Regional Minister’s declaration of “Zero tolerance” on children under eighteen years migrating to southern Ghana to connect to the “Kayaaye” menace.

IRATE NDC YOUTH DEMAND RESTART OF AUCTION PROCESS

IRATE NDC YOUTH DEMAND RESTART OF AUCTION PROCESS

A crunch meeting between the Tamale Metropolitan Security Council and leaders of an irate NDC group has ended abruptly.
The meeting was called after the Gbewah youth disrupted the Assembly’s auctioning exercise on two occasions and hauled away some vehicles.
They claim the Assembly did not follow due procedures in auctioning the said vehicles.
Contrary to police initial reports the irate youth will be arrested and prosecuted but the police rather adopted dialogue to solve the grievances of the irate Gbewah NDC youth in the Tamale Metropolis.

According to media reports, the ring leaders of the NDC youth walked out immediately the Metropolitan Chief Executive of Tamale, Alhaji Haruna Friday entered the meeting premises.
The youth say they will not have anything to do with the Mayor and promised to return the two vehicles only if the Assembly restarts the whole biding process.
A member of the Assembly has on anonymity told media that the Assembly is contemplating cancelling the exercise.