He said although the School was established about 20 years ago and it was later absorbed into the Ghana Education system, the lack of boarding facilities had inhibited more students and tutors from accepting admissions and postings, respectively.
Obore Yankosor made the appeal when President Mahama visited his palace at Tatale, as part of his four-day campaign tour of the Northern Region.
He said as the only senior high school in the Tatale-Sangule District, it would be appropriate to provide it with the necessary facilities to retain the many Junior High students in the District, who would be seeking admission into Senior High institutions.
The Paramount Chief said the School, with nearly a student-population of 1,000, needed libraries and laboratories to facilitate teaching and learning.
The poor nature of the major Tatale-Yendi road, the chief said, was also worrying, considering the fact that the town was only four kilometres from Togo, which had well tarred roads up to the Ghana border.
He appealed to President Mahama to construct the road as it could be qualified as an international route, considering its proximity to major towns in Togo.
On the development and exploration of the iron ore deposits in Sheini in the District, the Chief said its exploitation would not only improve the economy, but would also create a number of jobs for the teeming youth.
The deposits, he explained, had been on the drawing board for so many years and called on President Mahama to harness the potentials for the benefit of all Ghanaians in the coming days.
Obore Yankosor said the people of the District were predominantly farmers, therefore, they needed motorable feeder roads to cart their farm produce to marketing centres.
He commended the Government for providing small town water projects to Tatale and its surrounding villages and called for the extension of water and electricity projects to other communities in the District.
President Mahama gave the assurance that the Government had secured a World Bank facility to construct a bituminous double surface dressing road from Yendi, through Zabzugu to Tatale and its border with Togo at Natchamba.
Source: GNA/News Ghana
