Ashawo ladies have taken over Tamale – Mayor laments

He claims that authorities have been unable to stop it despite their best efforts, and that it has grown popular with both domestic and international tourists.

Prostitutes in the city have enlisted young guys to watch over them and report on anything that may put their nighttime business at risk.

The mayor has emphasized that he cannot combat prostitution and other illegal activities alone, therefore, he has asked for the public’s help in spreading the word while the Assembly passes new legislation to crack down on the issue.

He also suggested that landlords and women do thorough background checks on prospective tenants before letting them move into rental units.

“You are just in your house, then someone comes to tell you he or she is looking for a room, you are not interested in finding out the background of that person, what is the person coming to do?

You are seeing and you are not talking, what will the chief in that area do

Director of the NYA’s Northern Region Mumuni Sulemana warned that widespread prostitution in the region’s capital was threatening the city’s future.