Tamale residents are reportedly happy with the curfew imposed by the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly on children under the age of 18.
Last week the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly imposed the curfew to curtail the movement of children in the city from 9 pm to 6 am.
[contextly_sidebar id=”Dqub4Qmck93osHLDqKJgpuhu0ObRoku6″]But some residents of Tamale Municipality who lauded the initiative also say some children below age 18 are still seen on the streets after 9 pm.
Speaking to Citi News, some resident said they still see some these kids after the curfew hours, but the situation is better than before.
“In my area, it has minimised a bit, because the way the children use to roam about on the roadside, I don’t really see them like that after 10 pm I still see a few of them on the street, but at least it has minimised,” a resident said.
“Previously with this ‘yellow, yellow’ bikes that have been introduced, that is a means of transport, you will realize that most in the evening around the bus stations we have these teenage operating the bikes as a result if that they do not sleep but as the curfew has been imposed, you get there you realize the streets are in order,” another resident said.
Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive, Iddrisu Musah Superior has also called for the involvement of parents in this exercise.
According to him, the task force mandated for the exercise may not be able to reach all the children within the municipality.
“We have got fewer children on the streets Tamale now, and the challenge we have as an assembly is we are not everywhere. Tamale is a big metropolis, but the parent has a bigger responsibility, they have to collaborate with the assembly and ensure that, their children do not go out at odd hours,” he said.
Last week, the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly imposed a curfew on children in the city from 9 pm to 6 am.
The curfew is geared toward protecting persons under 18 from the dangers of the streets, according to the assembly.
The Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive, Iddrisu Musah Superior, said the curfew which began on last week Tuesday, is essential to building a better city.
“You cannot have an educated healthy and prosperous society if you do not have a strategy to be able to build a society and in building the society, we have to build our children,” he told Citi News.
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By: Farida Yusif/citinewsroom.com/Ghana