Tuesday, August 28, 2012

WOMEN RIDING MOTORBIKES WITHOUT HELMETS - a daily occurence in Tamale

TAMALE, the Northern Regional capital, could easily earn the reputation as the motor city of Ghana as the streets of this sprawling northern city is dominated by motorcycles of various kinds.
Unfortunately, wearing of helmets is the exception rather than the norm.
Each day, hundreds of motor riders take to the streets of Tamale meandering their way through chains of vehicles without crush helmets. Among these recalcitrant riders, we have children, youth and adults, many of whom are females.
It is difficult to decipher why a sane person, fully conscious of how crucial, but fragile, the human head is, would pick a motorbike, zoom off like thunderbolt, without a crush helmet for protection.
It is even more difficult to appreciate why women, who are perceived as more conscious of safety, would be riding motorcycles, although admiringly, without any protective gear.

TTH takes healthcare to Sagnarigu community

Some of the residents waiting to receive drugs
THE Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) is to intensify its efforts to take healthcare delivery to the doorsteps of communities in the Tamale metropolis and other parts of the Northern Region.
With the aid of its two mobile clinics, the TTH kicked off this initiative on Tuesday, when the mobile clinics made a stop at the Sagnarigu community, a suburb of Tamale.
A large number of people in and around Sagnarigu, many of whom were women and children, headed to the forecourt of the Sagnarigu Chief Palace, where the mobile clinics were stationed.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

When would Tamale Airport become international?


THREE years ago, the Tamale airport, 11 miles from the city centre, was a relatively quiet surrounding. Aside the military flights, just a handful of people were using this airport for domestic flights to Accra.
Today, the story is entirely different. Statistics sourced from airport authorities indicate that, averagely, 4000 passengers use this airport every month.