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.

TAMALE NDC GBEWAA YOUTH SEIZES AUCTION VEHICLES

TAMALE NDC GBEWAA YOUTH SEIZES AUCTION VEHICLES

Gbewaa Youth group of the ruling National Democratic Congress in Tamale went on rampage Thursday July 22 over auction sales of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly.
The group led by its ring leader Alhassan Sibri stormed the assembly yard where the auction sales took place and retrieved one of the cars, a Volvo car with registration number NR 555C.
The Gbewaa Youth said the auction sales were illegally done by Alhaji Olando, the auctioneer since they alleged that Alhaji Abudulai Harunah Friday was the brain behind it.
According to Alhassan Sibri, the Tamale Mayor out of sheer greed acquired a Tipper Truck while the Auctioneer took away a pick up.
He hinted that the NDC regional executives were not aware of the said auction sales and threatened to attack any of the buyers who might attempt to pull the vehicles out of the yard.
The group vowed to resist any attempt by the assembly to release the auctioned vehicles to the buyers.
He said the NDC youth in Tamale have being disillusioned and that the only means by which they can survive is through such actions.
At the time of filing this report, the Gbewaa Youth Group besieged the assembly yard whereas a heavy armed police contingent was at the scene to ensure law and order.