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Tamale to promote festivals and
cultures of the the North
Tamale, July 21, Ghanadot/GNA - Mr. George Andah, Chief
Marketing Officer of MTN (formerly Areeba), said on Saturday
that the company would support traditional authorities in
the north to celebrate their festivals and also help them to
preserve their culture.
He said this would become fully accomplished when MTN
Foundation was launched in the country before the end of the
year to focus on education, health, economic empowerment and
arts and culture especially in the northern sector.
Mr. Andah said this in Tamale when he paid a courtesy call
on the regent of Tamale, Alhaji Abdulai Ziblim, and added
that Areeba supported vocational education in the Northern
Region and would build on it for further improvement.
Mr. Andah said MTN, sponsors of CAN 2008, would collaborate
with the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly and traditional
authorities to ensure that Tamale hosted the event
successfully.
Areas of collaboration would include decoration of roads
from the Tamale Airport to the games venue, some major roads
and roundabouts to ensure that visitors and investors
appreciated the beauty of Tamale and the country.
Alhaji Ziblim commended MTN for the projects and pledged his
full support to their activities in the region.
He said Tamale was now a haven of investment and that MTN's
presence in the region would encourage other investors to
focus attention on the Northern Region.
Mr. Andah earlier presented a cheque for 41.1 million cedis
to the Northern Regional Coordinating Council as MTN's
contribution to the Tamale Disaster Fund.
GNA
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