Tuesday, February 23, 2010

TAMALE ASSEMBLY COMPLETES PROJECTS (PAGE 29, JAN 12, 2010)

THE Tamale Metropolitan Assembly (TAMA) completed eight out of the 27 projects earmarked for last year.
Nine of the projects are still ongoing while one has been awarded and six of them yet to be awarded.
The projects are estimated to cost GH¢744,370 and are being funded from sources such as the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), Internally Generated Fund (IGF), District Wide Assistance Programme (DWAP), the Ghana Road Fund and the Community Based Rural Development Programme (CBRDP), among others.
Those completed are the rehabilitation of the Gulkpena’s Palace, transport officer’s office and store, renovation of police primary school, re-roofing of Farukiya Metropolitan Assembly Primary School.
The others are re-roofing of the Dakpema Metropolitan Assembly Primary “B” School at Chagni, a suburb of Tamale, re-roofing of Anwar Rahman Islamic Primary School at Tuutingly, a suburb of Tamale, and re-roofing of a silo at Kulaa in Tamale.
According to the Metropolitan Chief Executive(MCE), Alhaji Abdulai Haruna Friday, the projects that were yet to be awarded included grading of Second Ring Road, the Zagyuri-Gurugu area roads, Zunjun-State Insurance Company (SIC) quarters area roads, pothole patching of roads in the metropolis and culvert repairs at Kulyneveya-Kumbungu road.
The MCE commended residents for maintaining peace in the past year but urged chiefs and opinion leaders to help iron out differences among residents for the accelerated development of the metropolis.
He assured the youth that at the appropriate time, they would benefit from job opportunities that would be created in the near future.
Alhaji Haruna further entreated residents to avoid bush burning to avoid destroying vegetative cover.
He announced that by February all the sub-metro councils would be made operational to enhance smooth administration in the metropolis.

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