The Mayor of Tamale, Alhaji Haruna Abdulai Friday has reiterated the need for residence to cherish peace to ensure socio-economic development in the Metropolis and the region as a whole. He said shambles in the metropolis for some years ago has painted a bad image on the metropolis which has scared investors from investing in the metropolis. He was however smart to say that the extreme peace and unity among the people recently is now convincing a wide range of investor to the fastest growing city in West Africa. The made said this at the second anniversary celebration of the Behisung Youth Association at Aboaboo market. He appealed to the youth to advocate for peace, unity, tolerance and understanding among each other for they are the future leaders of the country. The association which was set up 2006 is made up mainly traders, farmers and renowned businessmen have a membership of 45 with the objective of fostering peace and unity, nurse the motherless and see to the welfare of its members. The association as part of it cooperate social responsibility has carried out a lot of humanitarian service at the Nyohini Ophanage, Savelugu Ophanage, among other under prevelege societies in the region. The Secretary of Behisung Association, Issahaku Iddrisu in a speech said the association has chalked many successes since their establishment though there are obstacles on their way but they have managed to overcome some. According to the Secretary, the association has observed the most striking issues confronting the region are high rate of school dropout, teenage pregnancy and arm robbery among the youth saying, these escalating menace are as a result of lack of proper parenting, high rate of unemployment, lack of sensitization programs. They therefore appealed to individuals, cooperate bodies, Non-Governmental Organizations and benevolent organization to come to the aid of the association to continue with its humanitarian works across the region.
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