HAWKERS DEMAND MAYORS HEAD

HAWKERS DEMAND MAYORS HEAD
It nearly became a tremor when the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly embarked on a demolishing exercise led by the Metropolitan Chief Executive, Alhaji Haruna Abdulai Friday within the premises of the Metropolitan Assembly.
The exercise saw verbal assault and threats on the mayor of Tamale but through the timely intervention of the Military the situation comes to normalcy.
Hawkers around the Metropolitan assembly have mounted unauthorized structures along the Tamale-Bolgatanga trunk-road.
The exercise was to evacuate hawkers within the premise to ensure that all ceremonial roads within the metropolis are devoid of unauthorized structures.
The exercised was brought to a halt when the hawkers alleged that the assembly granted them a verbal permit adding that the assembly did not serve them notice of the demolishing exercise before embarking on the exercise.
According to the hawkers, the first time the assembly asked them to relocate from the place, they pursued the matter to the Acting Chairman of the ruling NDC, Alhaji Sofo Azoka who said he had contacted Friday and he said they should stay.
But in an interview with the Public Affairs Director of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly, Issah Musah said the allegations of the hawkers are baseless.
He also denied allegations of a bribery scandal with the inspection guards of the assembly.
Mr. Musah reiterated that the assembly has exhausted all diplomacies with the people and they will use all powers under their jurisdiction to evacuate them.
He warned that all unauthorized structures along ceremonial roads in the Metropolis are to be demolished.
The Public Affairs Director therefore called on residents of the metropolis to be law abiding and respect authority.