Day: June 2, 2023

Ghana TVET Service in partnership with the Northern Regional Library, has organised a training workshop for the informal sector in the Northern Region to enhance their businesses.

The training, held in Tamale, was to improve the skills and customer service care of the informal sector to promote their businesses.

Mr Aaron Kuwornu, Northern Regional Director of Library, speaking during the training, advised participants to use good customer service to meet customers' expectations, improve satisfaction of the customers and to also reduce friction.

He advised participants to improve customer satisfaction by using good communication skills to interact with them to make them feel comfortable.

He said more often customers were left disappointed and most of them found customer service frustrating, especially in Tamale.

He urged the participants to add value to their goods and services.

Madam Abdul-Wahab Humaimatu, Head of Informal Apprenticeship Unit at Ghana TVET Service advised the participants to improve on brand and packaging of their goods and services to help attract customers

Source: Ghana News Agency

The Upper East Regional Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has engaged pupils of the Sacred Heart Junior High School in Bolgatanga, to mark this year's Citizenship Week.

They also called on them to be law abiding citizens.

Speaking to the pupils, Mr Mawuli Agbenu, the Upper East Regional Director of the Commission said being responsible and law-abiding was a requirement for everry citizen of Ghana.

He said such a demand was not only enshrined in the 1992 Constitution, but was imperative for sustainability of law and order in society for peaceful and sustainable development.

It was celebrated on the theme, '30 Years of Consolidating Constitutional Democracy and Building National Cohesion: The Role of the Ghanaian Child'.

Mr Agbenu said the 1992 Constitution was the fourth since Ghana became a republic in 1960 and stood the test of time after 30 years, 'so it is important for you children, as future leaders to uphold the values and tenets of the Constitution for sustainable development'.

'As a citizen of Ghana, you enjoy the fundamental human rights and privileges upheld by the Constitution and it is the duty of the state to protect you, however, you also have a duty to defend and be loyal to the Constitution, you need to be patriotic and willing to defend your country at all times even at the point of death,' he said.

The Regional Director told the pupils that being responsible citizens also required them to be hardworking, focused on their studies and avoid activities that had the tendency to truncate their education such as teenage pregnancy and substance abuse.

'The Constitution says that we should avoid acts that are detrimental to each other, and we must live together in harmony and respect each other's rights. You need to also report people who are doing wrong to the authorities as good citizens' he said.

Mr Agbenu advised the students to protect and safeguard the environment by avoiding indiscriminate felling of trees, illegal mining, improper disposal of waste and destruction of water bodies among others, to have a healthy environment.

Mr Christopher Adogmah, the Upper East Regional Internal Auditor, NCCE, noted that threats of violent extremists were becoming real and advised the pupils to report anything suspicious to their school authorities for investigation.

He therefore urged the pupils to be good citizens and help build the nation.

Mr Martin Ayamga, the Head teacher at the Sacred Heart Junior High School, commended the NCCE for extending civic education to his pupils and noted that it would go a long way to influence their behaviour positively.

Source: Ghana News Agency

The Anglican Diocese of Accra has dedicated a 300-seater parish and renamed as SS. Alban and Matthew Anglican Church.

The dedication service was led by the Right Reverend Daniel Sylvanus Mensah Torto, Diocesan Bishop of Accra, and Rt. Rev. Dr. George Kotei Neequaye, Suffragan Bishop of Accra.

Ven. Samuel Hansen-Addy, Archdeacon of Tema and Vicar of SS. Alban and Matthew Anglican Church, told the Ghana News Agency after the dedication, in Tema, that it was a wonderful milestone accomplishment of the church.

He noted that it had allowed the church to recognise itself as fully-fledged and ready for ministry.

He added that the old location of the church was surrounded by so many squatters, so the predecessors and church council agreed to relocate the church and it required a lot of money and mobilisation from benefactors and God-fearing individuals to support the church building, which would soon become Tema's cathedral when it becomes a diocese.

'Once a diocese is established, there must be a cathedral that represents the Bishop's seat and place of work, and thus SS. Alban and Matthew Anglican Church will be the mother church for all Anglican churches in Tema,' he explained.

He said church construction did not indicate the church's social responsibilities, and the church, in collaboration with the Roman Catholic Church, provided church services to various senior high schools in the city.

He added that the church and other organisations in the city visited orphanages, schools, and other less privileged institutions to provide physical and spiritual support.

Ven. Hansen-Addy encouraged Ghanaian youth to work hard before receiving remuneration and offer themselves up for service not only to the church but also to the nation and whatever situation comes.

'Know that you're in it to serve,' he added, adding, 'and I believe that when we humble ourselves and come down to the level and support everything good, we will see the development and progress of our nation.'

He added that some government leaders had performed well in governance and other obligations and advised them to continue their good job because their blessings were in heaven.

Source: Ghana News Agency

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) says six people lost their lives from yesterday's road crash at Gomoa-Okyereko in the Central Region and not 16.

'It has come to the notice of the National Road Safety Authority the misrepresentation by a section of the media on the death toll of the road traffic crashes that occurred at Gomoa- Okyereko in the Central Region.

'The Authority can confirm that, the total fatalities (death) arising from the crash as at close of day yesterday, Tuesday 30th May, 2023, was six (6) and not sixteen (16) as presented by a section of the media,' a statement issued by the NRSA, said.

It said preliminary investigation by the Authority indicated that an Iveco Trakker Tanker with registration number WR 2063-10 loaded with Premix Fuel from Tema to Apam collided with a Neoplan bus with registration number GR 5866-L loaded with 62 passengers on board from Liberia heading towards Buduburam at the early hours of 0430 hours on Tuesday, March 30, 2023.

The statement said further information gathered so far revealed that 48 passengers were currently receiving medical attention at the Trauma Hospital in Winneba and the Winneba Municipal Hospital, whilst eight passengers escaped unhurt.

The Authority commiserated with families of the departed and victims of the crash and called on the public, especially drivers, with particular emphasis on the Accra- Kumasi, Accra- Cape-Coast roads to obey speed limits, avoid wrongful overtaking and driving tired.

It urged passengers to join the advocacy to speak up against any conduct of drivers that endangered their lives.

The Authority reiterated its call for the dualisation of the major roads and highways in the country, whilst calling on the media to be circumspect in their reportage of road traffic crashes by checking on the authenticity of facts and figures from the right source(s) before publication.

It said road traffic crashes had no respect for persons, adding that, everyone remained at risk as long as they overlooked the basics of safety practices.

'Road Safety is a shared and collective responsibility,' the statement added.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Al Massar Party Secretary General Faouzi Charfi on Friday stated that the political initiative launched last January by the party with other political parties, civil society components and independents has led to the drafting of a "Republican Pact," which will be made public in the next few days.

He specified in a statement to TAP, that this initiative, which is not intended for the Executive, aims to find solutions to the political, economic, financial and social crisis the country is undergoing.

He added that the initiative is rather targeted at the public opinion in order to find common ground on a set of principles, first and foremost the civil nature of the State and the democratic republican system.

The initiative brings together, notably, parties, associations and independent personalities who share the same attachment to rights and freedoms, to the republican system and who believe in the civil nature of the State, he pointed out.

They are notably Al Massar, the Socialist Party, Afek Tounes, Machrou Tounes, the Tunisian National Coalition and the Social Liberal Party.

The Soumoud coalition and more than 60 independent personalities are also involved, said the Secretary General.

The initiative can be used politically, Charfi explained, insofar as the political parties still carry weight at the public level, despite the President of the Republic's attempts to sideline them and discredit political action.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse