HARMONY ATTRACTING BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS...Chief Executive of Tamale (PAGE 13, AUGUST 30, 2010)

THE Metropolitan Chief Executive of Tamale, Alhaji Abdulai Harruna Friday, has said that the prevailing harmony in the city is attracting business establishments and individuals to the metropolis.
He has also expressed satisfaction over the low crime rate in the city over the years and attributed the situation to the vigilance of the people and the alertness and professionalism of the security forces in the metropolis.
Alhaji Friday, therefore, commended the chiefs and people of the metropolis for helping the metropolis to attain such status.
He was speaking at the second general assembly meeting of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly (TAMA).
He, however, expressed concern over the increasing indiscipline on the part of some motorists whose actions were posing danger on the roads.
He explained that it was to ensure order on the roads that some youth in the metropolis were trained as community police and deployed around some major intersections in the city to direct road users accordingly.
The Chief Executive, however, noted that some motorists had began harassing the community police personnel in order to have their way. “Let me use this opportunity to caution such people to desist from obstructing the work of the community police personnel.”
According to him, “the law will catch up with any person or group who engages in any form of indiscipline that has the potential of disturbing law and order in the metropolis.”
Other areas of concern expressed by Alhaji Friday included the issue of stray animals and sanitation.
He observed that in spite of the numerous appeals to cattle owners to restrain their animals from roaming the streets, they still posed danger to motorists and warned that drastic measures would be enforced to curtail the growing menace.
On the haphazard littering of the city, he entreated people engaged in such practices to be more responsible in the disposal of waste, particularly those who throw materials from moving vehicles. “It is advisable that such people to rather leave the waste materials in the vehicle for it to be properly disposed of at their final destination.”