Big Demo To Hit Tamale

The biggest ever demonstration in the history of the Northern region is set to rock the Tamale metropolis.

A group calling itself the Concerned Citizens Association of Tamale (CCAT) had indicated its preparedness to embark on the demonstration against what is termed, “the desertion of the Tamale Teaching Hospital by Government and misuse of funds.

In a statement signed by its president, Mr. Basharu Dali, the group announced that the peaceful demonstration would come off on April 17, 2007 to register its displeasure over the delay in the rehabilitation of the Tamale Teaching Hospital.

According to the statement, the facility had never seen any meaningful facelift ever since it was commissioned more than three decades ago, leaving it in a deplorable state. It added that despite several appeals to successive governments, nothing was being done.

The statement indicated that on September 4, 2006 the group petitioned the Minister of Health through the Northern Regional Minister on the rehabilitation and refurbishment of the hospital, but nothing was heard about the matter.

Following this, the group organized a press conference, indicating that it would be compelled to embark on a demonstration by the end of March to re-echo its dissatisfaction over the state of the hospital if government did not take steps to rehabilitation the facility.

Responding to the statement, the Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mohammed Amin Adam said according to a report on the 29th page of January 26, 2007 edition of the Daily Graphic, government had sourced funding of more than 50 million Euros from the Dutch government to undertake the rehabilitation of the facility.