Mr Iain Walker with Salifu Saeed in Tamale
The British High Commissioner Mr.
Iain Walker last Tuesday continued his cycling tour of the Northern Region when
he rode from Tamale to Salaga.
He had earlier completed a similar
feat in Damongo in the Savannah Region after which he moved to Tamale.
In the Savannah Region, Mr. Walker
paid a courtesy call on the King and Overlord of Gonjaland Yagbonwura Tuntumba
Boresa.
The cycling tour dubbed, “Ghana
Grand”, started at Tumu in the Upper West Region on Friday, 9th August 2019 and
is expected to cover over 800km in a week from the North to the south of the
country; it is expected to raise funds for the Korle Bu Burns and Plastics
Unit.
In an interview with DAILY
GUIDE he said the support he received and the interaction with the
people of Tamale were inspiring and thanked the people of Northern Region.
The British Commissioner was accompanied
by the Northern Regional Minister, Mr. Salifu Saeed. They both cycled from the
Modern City Hotel to the Yumba School where the minister bade him farewell.
The minister said he was inspired by
the initiative of the commissioner and commended him for the initiative.
He hinted that he would start a peace
tour soon within the region to educate people on the importance of peace and
development.
Mr. Saeed said the youth and some
selected Chiefs would be organized to match and appeal for sustainable peace in
the region.
The Minister said that the initiative
would be adopted and used to raise funds to support developmental projects in
the Northern Region.
FROM Eric Kombat, Tamale
