THE Northern Regional Minister, Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris, has observed that the phenomenal influx of banks and other business establishments into the Tamale metropolis is not only an indication that the metropolis is growing, but that there is also social harmony.
He said even though the area had experienced some infractions leading to the disturbance of peace, such happenings were not peculiar to the metropolis. He, therefore, wondered why a section of the media portrayed only the negative aspects of the metropolis when they could also hype on the many positive happenings in the metropolis.
‘‘The banks are telling our stories for us because they and other businesses do not locate at places where there is no peace,’’ the minister stated.
The new banks include the HFC, Amal and Intercontinental. The rest are Stanbic and Zenith banks. The existing banks include Standard Chartered, Barclays, National Investment Bank, Societe General, Ghana Commercial Bank and the Agricultural Development Bank.
Alhaji Idris was speaking at the 22nd biennial delegates conference of the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) employees union held in Tamale at the weekend on the theme: ‘‘Achieving GCB’s corporate strategic objectives: The role of good industrial relations practice.’’
The minister said the fact that Tamale had maintained its status as one of the fastest growing cities in the West African sub-region was also enough attestation to the fact that the metropolis had the potential to accommodate more investors for accelerated development.
He, however, appealed to the people to help sustain the prevailing peace in the area by using modern tools of constructive dialogue to settle their differences and refraining from utterances and actions that had the potential of disturbing the existing harmony.
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