GETTING to the top in any field of human endeavour is not always easy and consolidating that position is even more of a Herculean undertaking. This fact is not lost on the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly (TAMA) that is striving to regain its enviable position as the cleanest city in the entire Northern sector.
In 2005, the assembly was adjudged the neatest city in the country at the fourth national Sanitation Week celebration.
The latest recognition was bestowed on the metropolis at the eighth national tourism awards for the Savannah Zone held in Tamale for the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions.
In all, 12 organisations and individuals received recognition in the competitive awards with Mariam Hotel in Tamale receiving the 2-Star Hotel of the year 2007 award.
The Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr Mohammed Amin Adam, described the award as very deserving since the assembly had invested so much in sanitation over the years.
Mr Adam expressed the determination of the assembly to intensify its awareness creation of sanitation and other related factors that militate against the accelerated development of the metropolis.
He used the occasion to commend the people of Tamale for the various roles they had played in this year’s Ghana 2008 tournament since Tamale was one of the four venues that hosted the matches.
The chief executive also lauded the prevailing harmony in the metropolis, which, he said, had resulted in the establishment of businesses and beautification of the area as among the cities with the lowest crime rates in the country.
Mr Adam further entreated the people to co-operate and support the assembly to realise its development objectives for the metropolis, to help improve their socio-economic well-being.
The Northern Regional Minister, Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris, underlined the importance of the tourism sector to the growth of the economy, which, he said, had risen to the position of the fourth foreign exchange earner in the country.
The minister observed that the development of the sector was the result of the government’s drive to create an enabling environment for the private sector.
In a speech read on his behalf, the executive director of the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB), Mr Martin Mireku, explained that the awards scheme was aimed at encouraging healthy competition in the sector.
He said since its inception, the programme had led to an increase in facilities and services and also created awareness of tourism and its economic benefits to the country.
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