Story: Kwame Asare Boadu, Manso Nkwanta
THE Amansie West District Assembly has initiated action to address the accommodation problems facing the police in the district.
Already, the assembly has renovated an old building for use by the district police commander, while a district police headquarters has been constructed at Manso Nkwanta, the district capital.
The District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Ben Kwakye-Adeefe, made this known at the handing over of the commander’s residence at a ceremony at Manso Nkwanta.
He stated that the assembly was committed to addressing some of the problems facing the police, especially accommodation, to enable them to have the peace of mind to work in the district.
He said the assembly had also renovated the police barracks at Manso Nkwanta and was constructing new offices at Detain and Keniago for the police personnel.
Mr Kwakye-Adeefe further disclosed that next year, the assembly would construct police stations at Antoakrom and Ahwerewa.
He gave the assurance that efforts were underway by the assembly to purchase a pick-up and a motorbike for the District Security Committee to facilitate its work.
The DCE lauded the good work of the security committee, especially with regard to the settling of disputes between the mining companies and some farmers.
The Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Seth Oteng, commended the assembly for its initiative and expressed the hope that other district assemblies would learn from it.
He appealed to the public to co-operate with the police to combat crime in the district.
ACP Oteng assured the assembly that the police would take proper care of the facilities provided them in the district.
The chief of Manso-Brofoyedru, Nana Kwabena Antwi, who represented the Omanhene of the Manso Nkwanta Traditional Area, Nana Bi-Kusi Appiah, noted that the police were not enemies of the public but partners in development.
He, therefore, stressed the need for the people to co-operate with them so that security would improve in the area.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
NEWLY CREATED DISTRICTS IN ASHANTI FACE CHALLENGES (PAGE 20)
Story: Kwame Asare Boadu, Kumasi
Ghana’s decentralisation programme is touted as one of the best, if not the best, in the whole of the African continent.
In fact, some African countries have had to come here to learn from our experience because they have seen the programme as tried and tested.
From the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) days that the decentralisation programme was launched, something positive had come out, and perhaps the future looks even more brighter for the nation.
President Kufuor recently created five new districts in the Ashanti Region with the view to accelerate the pace of development of the communities. This was done in line with the decentralisation process.
Creation of new districts is very important. Clearly, it has the potential to advance the cause of development and to a very large extent, address poverty.
But they also come with a lot of challenges, which need commitment, hard work and dedication from the people to complement what the government puts in place to achieve the ultimate objectives.
It is in this regard that the new districts, Sekyere Afram Plains, Afigya Kwabre, Atwima Kwanwoma, Offinso North and Adansi Central, would be putting in place effective measures to lift themselves up the development ladder as they take off.
It is a fact that successive governments played some key parts in bringing some level of development to the communities within the newly created districts.
Under the current government for instance, the rural communities in the region have seen development, perhaps unseen, in any other government of the country.
One can talk about roads, water, electricity, health and schools, just to mention a few. But the stark reality is that those are not enough to lift the communities from the poverty, disease and deprivation to expected heights.
In the new district of Sekyere Afram Plains for instance, the situation leaves much to be desired. The Afram Plains section of the district lacks several amenities, which poses a lot of challenges to the new district assembly.
The roads are virtually in a bad state. Sometimes, people travelling from the Afram Plains to Kumasi and Effiduase have to go through Atebubu in the Brong Ahafo Region before connecting. The distance thus becomes very long, and passengers have to pay more, apart from the other inconveniences.
Water is also a problem. A number of the communities do not have potable water for drinking, which poses problems for their health.
Even in districts like Afigya Kwabre and Atwima Kwanwoma, which are close to Kumasi, one can find serious developmental problems that need serious efforts to address.
Not long ago, when I was travelling through sections of the Atwima Kwanwoma District, I asked whether the national cake was being fairly shared. Poor roads infrastructure prevailed and any first visitor may not believe the area is so close to Kumasi.
Similar situations prevail in the other three districts, but it is refreshing that at least, the new districts were allocated part of the District Assemblies’ Common Fund to kick-start their development process.
Infrastructure for the district capitals is also lacking. New offices for the decentralised departments must be provided if the assemblies are to operate on a sound footing.
Besides, residential accommodation for officers posted to the districts is also required. Provision of those infrastructure need huge sums of money and it is clear that government resources alone cannot meet the demand.
The people must, therefore, rekindle their communal spirit to complement the government’s effort.
In the Sekyere Afram Plains District for instance, a number of the people have provided residential accommodation for some of the officers who would be working in the district capital, Kumawu.
This is what we expect from other districts so that officers of the decentralised departments would be attracted to their new places of work.
It is regrettable the way communal spirit has waned in many communities in the region. I believe that the chiefs would have to do something about that attitude because the new districts must progress at all cost.
Ghana’s decentralisation programme is touted as one of the best, if not the best, in the whole of the African continent.
In fact, some African countries have had to come here to learn from our experience because they have seen the programme as tried and tested.
From the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) days that the decentralisation programme was launched, something positive had come out, and perhaps the future looks even more brighter for the nation.
President Kufuor recently created five new districts in the Ashanti Region with the view to accelerate the pace of development of the communities. This was done in line with the decentralisation process.
Creation of new districts is very important. Clearly, it has the potential to advance the cause of development and to a very large extent, address poverty.
But they also come with a lot of challenges, which need commitment, hard work and dedication from the people to complement what the government puts in place to achieve the ultimate objectives.
It is in this regard that the new districts, Sekyere Afram Plains, Afigya Kwabre, Atwima Kwanwoma, Offinso North and Adansi Central, would be putting in place effective measures to lift themselves up the development ladder as they take off.
It is a fact that successive governments played some key parts in bringing some level of development to the communities within the newly created districts.
Under the current government for instance, the rural communities in the region have seen development, perhaps unseen, in any other government of the country.
One can talk about roads, water, electricity, health and schools, just to mention a few. But the stark reality is that those are not enough to lift the communities from the poverty, disease and deprivation to expected heights.
In the new district of Sekyere Afram Plains for instance, the situation leaves much to be desired. The Afram Plains section of the district lacks several amenities, which poses a lot of challenges to the new district assembly.
The roads are virtually in a bad state. Sometimes, people travelling from the Afram Plains to Kumasi and Effiduase have to go through Atebubu in the Brong Ahafo Region before connecting. The distance thus becomes very long, and passengers have to pay more, apart from the other inconveniences.
Water is also a problem. A number of the communities do not have potable water for drinking, which poses problems for their health.
Even in districts like Afigya Kwabre and Atwima Kwanwoma, which are close to Kumasi, one can find serious developmental problems that need serious efforts to address.
Not long ago, when I was travelling through sections of the Atwima Kwanwoma District, I asked whether the national cake was being fairly shared. Poor roads infrastructure prevailed and any first visitor may not believe the area is so close to Kumasi.
Similar situations prevail in the other three districts, but it is refreshing that at least, the new districts were allocated part of the District Assemblies’ Common Fund to kick-start their development process.
Infrastructure for the district capitals is also lacking. New offices for the decentralised departments must be provided if the assemblies are to operate on a sound footing.
Besides, residential accommodation for officers posted to the districts is also required. Provision of those infrastructure need huge sums of money and it is clear that government resources alone cannot meet the demand.
The people must, therefore, rekindle their communal spirit to complement the government’s effort.
In the Sekyere Afram Plains District for instance, a number of the people have provided residential accommodation for some of the officers who would be working in the district capital, Kumawu.
This is what we expect from other districts so that officers of the decentralised departments would be attracted to their new places of work.
It is regrettable the way communal spirit has waned in many communities in the region. I believe that the chiefs would have to do something about that attitude because the new districts must progress at all cost.
FAMILY APPEALS TO POLICE ADMINISTRATION (PAGE 31)
Story: Kwame Asare Boadu, Kumasi
THE family of a 49-year-old clearing agent who was murdered in his house by unknown assailants in the early hours of Saturday, April 12, this year, has appealed to the Police administration to help bring the perpetrators to book.
Akwasi Oteng-Asamoah, who was the Managing Director of Decent Freight Limited in Accra, was killed in his bedroom around 2.00 a.m. that day by three masked men who broke into his house.
When the body was discovered, his legs had been tied with a wire and large wounds opened on the head.
Family members from Mampongteng in the Ashanti Region, led by the Oyokohene of the area, Nana Gyan Dehyee II, who made the appeal through the Daily Graphic in Kumasi on Friday, said they were upset by the way the killers butchered the deceased to death in his bedroom.
They consequently appealed to the police to help unravel the mystery to ensure that the perpetrators face justice.
According to them, a laptop was taken from the deceased’s bedroom but noted that it was difficult to tell whether money was stolen.
Nana Gyan, a younger brother of the deceased, who spoke on behalf of the family, said Oteng-Asamoah lived with his three children in his house at East Pantang.
He said around 2.00 a.m. on April 12, three masked men entered the house and went to the bedroom where the three children were sleeping.
They seized a mobile phone from the children and locked them up in the room.
Nana Gyan stated that the assailants then moved into his brother’s bedroom and tied him with a wire and inflicted several wounds on his head and other parts of the body.
He quoted the children of the deceased as saying that they had heard some noise in their father’s bedroom but they had been afraid to raise an alarm.
They told me that one had peeped through a hole in the door and seen the masked men moving away after killing his father,” Nana Gyan said.
According to the chief, they further told him that while the killers moved away, one of them said they had finished with the task and that they should go and wash their hands.
Nana Gyan said the Criminal Investigations Department of the Police Service was informed of the killing and its personnel went for the body, now at the morgue.
THE family of a 49-year-old clearing agent who was murdered in his house by unknown assailants in the early hours of Saturday, April 12, this year, has appealed to the Police administration to help bring the perpetrators to book.
Akwasi Oteng-Asamoah, who was the Managing Director of Decent Freight Limited in Accra, was killed in his bedroom around 2.00 a.m. that day by three masked men who broke into his house.
When the body was discovered, his legs had been tied with a wire and large wounds opened on the head.
Family members from Mampongteng in the Ashanti Region, led by the Oyokohene of the area, Nana Gyan Dehyee II, who made the appeal through the Daily Graphic in Kumasi on Friday, said they were upset by the way the killers butchered the deceased to death in his bedroom.
They consequently appealed to the police to help unravel the mystery to ensure that the perpetrators face justice.
According to them, a laptop was taken from the deceased’s bedroom but noted that it was difficult to tell whether money was stolen.
Nana Gyan, a younger brother of the deceased, who spoke on behalf of the family, said Oteng-Asamoah lived with his three children in his house at East Pantang.
He said around 2.00 a.m. on April 12, three masked men entered the house and went to the bedroom where the three children were sleeping.
They seized a mobile phone from the children and locked them up in the room.
Nana Gyan stated that the assailants then moved into his brother’s bedroom and tied him with a wire and inflicted several wounds on his head and other parts of the body.
He quoted the children of the deceased as saying that they had heard some noise in their father’s bedroom but they had been afraid to raise an alarm.
They told me that one had peeped through a hole in the door and seen the masked men moving away after killing his father,” Nana Gyan said.
According to the chief, they further told him that while the killers moved away, one of them said they had finished with the task and that they should go and wash their hands.
Nana Gyan said the Criminal Investigations Department of the Police Service was informed of the killing and its personnel went for the body, now at the morgue.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
DCE cautions aspirants
April 16
Story: Kwame Asare
Boadu, Tepa
THE District Chief Executive (DCE) for Ahafo Ano North in the Ashanti Region, Mr Eric Nana Agyeman Prempeh, has cautioned the seven New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirants in the Ahafo Ano North Constituency against the use of vulgar language in their campaigns.
He said the NPP had a name to protect and so people vying for parliamentary seats must protect that name instead of destroying it.
The DCE, expressed regret at the way the campaign was becoming “dirty” in some respects and said “contestants should know that the party has a good name to protect”.
Nana Agyeman Prempeh told the Daily Graphic that as the political head of the district, he had a duty to ensure that the NPP maintained its hold on the constituency.
“I will, therefore, not sit down unconcerned as contestants for parliamentary seats traded insults, accusations and counter-accusations,” he said.
The seven aspirants vying for the ticket of the NPP are Nana Akua Asantewaa, the Nkosuohemaa of Tepa and executive committee member of the Ahafo Ano North District Assembly; Mr Kwame Owusu Frimpong, the incumbent MP; Mr Kingsley Nsiah Poku, an officer of the Food and Drugs Board; Mr Yaw Boadu Ayeboafo, a former TESCON President of the University of Ghana; Mr Bismarck Francis Osei, the Presiding Member of the Ahafo Ano District Assembly, and one Mr Adiyiah, who is based in the United Kingdom.
Nana Agyeman Prempeh said insults had no place in today’s politics because the people could read between the lines to find out the truth.
The DCE advised the aspirants to tell the delegates the good plans they had for the party and the constituency to help win their votes.
He said he would remain neutral in the primary but speak against abuses in the system.
Nana Agyeman Prempeh called on the delegates to look for the person who had the district at heart and vote for that person.
He stated that the NPP administration under President Kufuor had done a lot to move the nation forward and expressed the hope that the next government led by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would definitely build on that.
The DCE noted that the district had seen an appreciable level of development and pledged that the assembly and the government would pursue pragmatic policies with all seriousness.
Story: Kwame Asare
Boadu, Tepa
THE District Chief Executive (DCE) for Ahafo Ano North in the Ashanti Region, Mr Eric Nana Agyeman Prempeh, has cautioned the seven New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirants in the Ahafo Ano North Constituency against the use of vulgar language in their campaigns.
He said the NPP had a name to protect and so people vying for parliamentary seats must protect that name instead of destroying it.
The DCE, expressed regret at the way the campaign was becoming “dirty” in some respects and said “contestants should know that the party has a good name to protect”.
Nana Agyeman Prempeh told the Daily Graphic that as the political head of the district, he had a duty to ensure that the NPP maintained its hold on the constituency.
“I will, therefore, not sit down unconcerned as contestants for parliamentary seats traded insults, accusations and counter-accusations,” he said.
The seven aspirants vying for the ticket of the NPP are Nana Akua Asantewaa, the Nkosuohemaa of Tepa and executive committee member of the Ahafo Ano North District Assembly; Mr Kwame Owusu Frimpong, the incumbent MP; Mr Kingsley Nsiah Poku, an officer of the Food and Drugs Board; Mr Yaw Boadu Ayeboafo, a former TESCON President of the University of Ghana; Mr Bismarck Francis Osei, the Presiding Member of the Ahafo Ano District Assembly, and one Mr Adiyiah, who is based in the United Kingdom.
Nana Agyeman Prempeh said insults had no place in today’s politics because the people could read between the lines to find out the truth.
The DCE advised the aspirants to tell the delegates the good plans they had for the party and the constituency to help win their votes.
He said he would remain neutral in the primary but speak against abuses in the system.
Nana Agyeman Prempeh called on the delegates to look for the person who had the district at heart and vote for that person.
He stated that the NPP administration under President Kufuor had done a lot to move the nation forward and expressed the hope that the next government led by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would definitely build on that.
The DCE noted that the district had seen an appreciable level of development and pledged that the assembly and the government would pursue pragmatic policies with all seriousness.
Make innovation core of financial intermediation—Says risk management consultant
April 16
Story: Kwame Asare Boadu, Kumasi
A CORPORATE investment and risk management consultant, Dr Samuel Frimpong Boateng, has urged banks in the country, particularly the public ones, to be innovative and creative in the delivery of financial services to ensure competition to reduce interests on credit.
He said it was time to move from a subsidy based operation to value-added processes to transform banks such as the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) from a mere market player to market leader and a benchmark for investment banking.
He said such innovations should take cognisance of the numerous challenges in providing capital and financial access to small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs), agribusiness and farmers in rural areas.
Dr Boateng, who is also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Africa Investments and Development Group (AFRIDEG), a subsidiary of Global Investments and Corporate Solutions, London, told the Daily Graphic in Kumasi that “a more structured financial approach will offer the agribusiness and SME communities increased value and support the institutional development in the financial system”.
He indicated that “traditionally loan portfolios have been heavily subsidised with the original assumption that enhanced funding would encourage an increase in credit to farming, which is mostly concentrated in the primary sector”.
Dr Boateng stated that the effect of trade liberalisation on agriculture and commodities had increased risk perception in the banking sector.
“Lenders in the industry have priced this perception — greatly distanced from business reality — and sold finance to the poor farmer and other businesses at unacceptably high rates”, he said.
He emphasised that there was no way a business, whether farming or non-farming, could attain improved capital and investment productivity and business growth with the type of financial costs borne by businesses in Ghana.
“That summarises the reason why most businesses are still at the subsistence level while authorities shower praises on the ‘killers’ who can price financial products as high as seven per cent a month,” he stressed.
The consultant suggested that the ADB be moulded into a two-tier bank and managed by the Bank of Ghana, adding: “If there is a constitutional friction in terms of mandate then there has to be a revision or a government-funded entity should take up the challenge”.
Story: Kwame Asare Boadu, Kumasi
A CORPORATE investment and risk management consultant, Dr Samuel Frimpong Boateng, has urged banks in the country, particularly the public ones, to be innovative and creative in the delivery of financial services to ensure competition to reduce interests on credit.
He said it was time to move from a subsidy based operation to value-added processes to transform banks such as the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) from a mere market player to market leader and a benchmark for investment banking.
He said such innovations should take cognisance of the numerous challenges in providing capital and financial access to small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs), agribusiness and farmers in rural areas.
Dr Boateng, who is also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Africa Investments and Development Group (AFRIDEG), a subsidiary of Global Investments and Corporate Solutions, London, told the Daily Graphic in Kumasi that “a more structured financial approach will offer the agribusiness and SME communities increased value and support the institutional development in the financial system”.
He indicated that “traditionally loan portfolios have been heavily subsidised with the original assumption that enhanced funding would encourage an increase in credit to farming, which is mostly concentrated in the primary sector”.
Dr Boateng stated that the effect of trade liberalisation on agriculture and commodities had increased risk perception in the banking sector.
“Lenders in the industry have priced this perception — greatly distanced from business reality — and sold finance to the poor farmer and other businesses at unacceptably high rates”, he said.
He emphasised that there was no way a business, whether farming or non-farming, could attain improved capital and investment productivity and business growth with the type of financial costs borne by businesses in Ghana.
“That summarises the reason why most businesses are still at the subsistence level while authorities shower praises on the ‘killers’ who can price financial products as high as seven per cent a month,” he stressed.
The consultant suggested that the ADB be moulded into a two-tier bank and managed by the Bank of Ghana, adding: “If there is a constitutional friction in terms of mandate then there has to be a revision or a government-funded entity should take up the challenge”.
Don’t focus too much on politics — Otumfuo
Story: Kwame Asare Boadu, Kumasi
April 7, 2008
THE Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has stated that even though the nation is in an election year, Ghanaians deserve something better from the media than the present over-concentration on party politics.
“Ghana is not all about politics,” the Asantehene said, and pointed out that there were a lot of pressing issues that the media had a duty to focus attention on to help make life a bit comfortable for the people.
Receiving a delegation from the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) at the Manhyia Palace last Friday, the Asantehene mentioned issues such as employment, health care, water, electricity and education as some of the national concerns that needed media attention, as against the over-concentration on party politics.
“I am challenging you, the media, to try to strike a perfect balance between party politics and crucial national issues that have the tendency to derail national development,” the Asantehene told the GCGL delegation, which was led by the General Manager in charge of Newspapers, Mr Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh.
Other members of the delegation were Mr Kwasi Owusu Asare, the General Manager in charge of Marketing and Public Affairs; Mrs Cecilia Davis, Solicitor Secretary; Mr Albert Sam, the Public Affairs Manager; Alhaji Hashim Amissah, the Zonal Manager for Ashanti and Brong Ahafo, and Nii Adokwei Moffat, the Editor of the Graphic Nsempa.
The delegation was at Manhyia to inform the Asantehene about the upcoming first year anniversary of the Graphic Nsempa, the first regional newspaper of the GCGL with a focus on the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions. The anniversary is scheduled for May this year.
Emphasising the importance of the media in national development, the Asantehene expressed strong sentiments about the fact that the media was giving too much attention to politics to the neglect of other important national issues.
Ghanaians, he said, were crying for better health care, reduction in unemployment, improvement in water and electricity supply, for instance, but unfortunately the media was not paying much attention to these crucial national issues.
The Asantehene also spoke about the numerous research reports that continued to remain on the shelves without appropriate action by the authorities and asked whether the media could not put pressure on the authorities to act.
Even Parliament and the judiciary faced one problem or another other that must be brought to light, he said, and challenged the media to place some emphasis on such issues.
He commended the paper for persistently advocating peace in the land, which is what all media institutions have to follow.
He further stated that even though GCGL was state-owned, it had ensured fairness and balance in their reportage, which is a plus to the company.
“You may have faltered once or twice but that is normal with any human institution,” he said,
He recalled the visit by the Managing Director of the Company, Mr Ibrahim Awal, to Manhyia last year to inform him about the birth of Graphic Nsempa and commended him and the company for always keeping him informed about such developments.
“I have since been reading the Graphic Nsempa and I think it is a very good newspaper, which will facilitate the development of the two regions,” the Asantehene said.
Earlier, Mr Boadu-Ayeboafoh said Otumfuo’s pieces of advice given during the MD’s visit at Manhyia last year had contributed immensely to moving the company forward.
He recalled the compliments Otumfuo gave to Graphic Nsempa last year, which had gone a long way to build on the image of the paper resulting in improved sales.
Mr Boadu- Ayeboafoh said the company’s line of newspapers were ready to correct their mistakes if any was brought to their attention.
On behalf of the company, he presented GH¢ 5,000 to the Otumfuo Education Fund, while drinks, and some products of the company were also given to Otumfuo.
The Akyempimhene, Oheneba Adusei Poku, received the donation on behalf of Otumfuo.
April 7, 2008
THE Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has stated that even though the nation is in an election year, Ghanaians deserve something better from the media than the present over-concentration on party politics.
“Ghana is not all about politics,” the Asantehene said, and pointed out that there were a lot of pressing issues that the media had a duty to focus attention on to help make life a bit comfortable for the people.
Receiving a delegation from the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) at the Manhyia Palace last Friday, the Asantehene mentioned issues such as employment, health care, water, electricity and education as some of the national concerns that needed media attention, as against the over-concentration on party politics.
“I am challenging you, the media, to try to strike a perfect balance between party politics and crucial national issues that have the tendency to derail national development,” the Asantehene told the GCGL delegation, which was led by the General Manager in charge of Newspapers, Mr Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh.
Other members of the delegation were Mr Kwasi Owusu Asare, the General Manager in charge of Marketing and Public Affairs; Mrs Cecilia Davis, Solicitor Secretary; Mr Albert Sam, the Public Affairs Manager; Alhaji Hashim Amissah, the Zonal Manager for Ashanti and Brong Ahafo, and Nii Adokwei Moffat, the Editor of the Graphic Nsempa.
The delegation was at Manhyia to inform the Asantehene about the upcoming first year anniversary of the Graphic Nsempa, the first regional newspaper of the GCGL with a focus on the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions. The anniversary is scheduled for May this year.
Emphasising the importance of the media in national development, the Asantehene expressed strong sentiments about the fact that the media was giving too much attention to politics to the neglect of other important national issues.
Ghanaians, he said, were crying for better health care, reduction in unemployment, improvement in water and electricity supply, for instance, but unfortunately the media was not paying much attention to these crucial national issues.
The Asantehene also spoke about the numerous research reports that continued to remain on the shelves without appropriate action by the authorities and asked whether the media could not put pressure on the authorities to act.
Even Parliament and the judiciary faced one problem or another other that must be brought to light, he said, and challenged the media to place some emphasis on such issues.
He commended the paper for persistently advocating peace in the land, which is what all media institutions have to follow.
He further stated that even though GCGL was state-owned, it had ensured fairness and balance in their reportage, which is a plus to the company.
“You may have faltered once or twice but that is normal with any human institution,” he said,
He recalled the visit by the Managing Director of the Company, Mr Ibrahim Awal, to Manhyia last year to inform him about the birth of Graphic Nsempa and commended him and the company for always keeping him informed about such developments.
“I have since been reading the Graphic Nsempa and I think it is a very good newspaper, which will facilitate the development of the two regions,” the Asantehene said.
Earlier, Mr Boadu-Ayeboafoh said Otumfuo’s pieces of advice given during the MD’s visit at Manhyia last year had contributed immensely to moving the company forward.
He recalled the compliments Otumfuo gave to Graphic Nsempa last year, which had gone a long way to build on the image of the paper resulting in improved sales.
Mr Boadu- Ayeboafoh said the company’s line of newspapers were ready to correct their mistakes if any was brought to their attention.
On behalf of the company, he presented GH¢ 5,000 to the Otumfuo Education Fund, while drinks, and some products of the company were also given to Otumfuo.
The Akyempimhene, Oheneba Adusei Poku, received the donation on behalf of Otumfuo.
Friday, April 25, 2008
CHIEF APPEALS TO CUSTOMERS OF ATOBIASE BANK (PAGE 21)
Story: Kwame Asare Boadu, Adansi Atobiase
THE Chief of Adansi Atobiase in the Ashanti Region, Nana Taaka Ababio, has appealed to customers of the distressed Atobiase Rural Bank to exercise restraint while authorities consider measures to resuscitate the bank.
He said founding members and the board of directors of the bank were fully aware of the concerns of the customers over their locked deposits due to the recent challenges confronting the bank, and gave the assurance that the bank would soon bounce back to normal operations.
Nana Ababio, who is a founding member of the bank, denied allegations that the bank had run out of capital and would soon collapse.
He said when he received information about the state of the bank at his base in the United States, he contacted some financial institutions with the view to finding a strategic investor to help recapitalise the bank.
“As the chief of Atobiase, I will do everything possible to ensure the survival of the bank to save the image of my town and people,” he stressed.
Nana Ababio further promised to embark on an investment drive to woo some international investors to invest in his traditional area in order to create jobs for the people.
He stated that he was considering setting up an information technology centre to train the youth in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to enhance development.
The chief, therefore, called on the sons and daughters of Atobiase living at home and abroad to contribute their quota towards the rapid development of the town.
THE Chief of Adansi Atobiase in the Ashanti Region, Nana Taaka Ababio, has appealed to customers of the distressed Atobiase Rural Bank to exercise restraint while authorities consider measures to resuscitate the bank.
He said founding members and the board of directors of the bank were fully aware of the concerns of the customers over their locked deposits due to the recent challenges confronting the bank, and gave the assurance that the bank would soon bounce back to normal operations.
Nana Ababio, who is a founding member of the bank, denied allegations that the bank had run out of capital and would soon collapse.
He said when he received information about the state of the bank at his base in the United States, he contacted some financial institutions with the view to finding a strategic investor to help recapitalise the bank.
“As the chief of Atobiase, I will do everything possible to ensure the survival of the bank to save the image of my town and people,” he stressed.
Nana Ababio further promised to embark on an investment drive to woo some international investors to invest in his traditional area in order to create jobs for the people.
He stated that he was considering setting up an information technology centre to train the youth in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to enhance development.
The chief, therefore, called on the sons and daughters of Atobiase living at home and abroad to contribute their quota towards the rapid development of the town.
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