Tamale North MP Renovates Abandoned Building to House NOBISCO Students after Fire
The Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, has renovated an abandoned building to provide temporary accommodation for students of the Northern School of Business (NOBISCO) following a fire outbreak that destroyed the school’s girls’ dormitory.
The January 28 inferno displaced more than 900 students, the majority of them final-year students preparing for their examinations. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, school authorities directed the affected students to return home and report back a week later to allow management time to secure alternative housing.
At a brief handing-over ceremony, Mr Suhuyini, who also serves as Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, presented 100 mattresses to the school and donated an undisclosed sum of money to support the displaced students.
“We have about 100 mattresses that we will be donating to the school to support. I will also provide some money that will be used to procure gari and sugar for the students,” he said.
The MP further disclosed that he had received an appeal from the school’s headmaster to improve the compound of the refurbished facility.
“I have also received an appeal from the headmaster for the place to be gravelled. I have assured him that I will return to ensure it is done,” he stated.
The refurbished structure is expected to significantly ease the accommodation challenges confronting the displaced students and enable them to continue their academic work with minimal disruption.
The Headmaster of NOBISCO, Mr Alhassan Dokurugu, expressed appreciation for what he described as a swift and practical response to the crisis.
“We got our legs broken. We got our dormitory consumed by fire. Out of the lots of sympathising visitors, we got the deputy minister to visit us. He not only came to sympathise but also made a pledge that would ordinarily take long to fulfil,” he said.
“…We thank you for your support,” Mr Dokurugu added, noting that the intervention had brought relief to both staff and students.
