Ba
ah Barracks, home to the Ghana Airborne Force in Tamale will be fifty years late this year and as such officers and men of the barracks are bracing themselves for a befitting golden jubilee celebration in spite of the challenges faced by the barracks. This came to light when Lt. Col. Isaac Awuah-Martey, Comanding officer of the barracks was speacking during a courtesy call on him by the Metropolitan Chief Executive, Alhaji Haruna Abdulai Friday who was on an official visit to interact with chiefs and residents within the Yilonaayili, Kogni and Nyeshe electoral area as part of measures to deepen the decentralization process by bringing governance to the door steps of the people. According to Lt. Col. Awuah-Martey, initiatives to build a befitting sports complex for the barracks has not progressed as expected due to logistical constraints, saying that they have been able to complete their basket ball court and are unable to complete the other projects due inadequate funding. He added that construction of teachers quarters started several years ago in the barracks to accommodate teachers most of whom commute several kilometers from Tamale daily to school is now a standstill. Lt. Col. Awuah-Martey said it is the wish of the officers and men of the barracks to properly position the barracks in readiness for the commencement of activities to mark the establishment of the barracks and appealed to the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly to assist it to complete the stalled teachers quarters and whatever way the assembly deems fit to enable the barracks to have a successful celebration. The Commanding Officer mentioned the likes of Ghana’s Former Head of State, the late F.WK Akuffu and Lt. Col. E.K.T Donkor as some of the many high military officers who have had either brief or long associations with the barracks during their military carriers. In response, the Mayor of Tamale, Alhaji Haruna Abdulai Friday assured of the assembly’s commitment to complete the Teachers quarters so as to ease the suffering of the teachers and pledged the readiness of the assembly to assist the barracks in whatever way possible to enable it mobilize support towards the celebration of its 50th anniversary. The Metropolitan Chief Executive who had earlier visited Kanvili, Tuunayili, Gbanyamli, Kanvili-Kpawumo, Saatingli among other communities in the metropolis was accompanied by the Prince A.A. Mohammed, Presiding member of the assembly.
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