Month: September 2018

Speaking at a closing ceremony of a training session on effective time and stress management by the Parliamentary Training Institute (PTI), he expressed concerns about how precious time which could have been used for productive purposes in order to enhance national development is always wasted in vain due to the late start of functions.

Mr Agyekum Dwamena challenged heads of departments to act as change agents by starting small in their little corners as means to engender progress.

To emphasise the value other countries place on the essence of effective time management, the Civil Service boss recounted with shock how a Managing Director of a train service company in Japan had to apologise to the whole nation on a national television just because the train had taken off just two seconds earlier than it supposed to depart even though no passenger missed the train.

The Civil Service Head congratulated the PTI for organizing the training which he noted will go a long way to bring about change in the public sector.

By Christian Kpesese/ ghanamps.com

Speaking at the end of a four-day training session by the institute on the above topic for directors from selected public institutions in the country, Mrs Kumawu disclosed that if the programme is successful appraised, it will be organise for ‘’leadership of Parliament, Committee Chairpersons and Ranking Members and eventually all Members of Parliament’’.

Effective time and stress management she noted is an important step towards achieving results at the workplace and MPs cannot be left out.

According to her the facilitators for the training were carefully selected from both in- house and externally to impart participants with knowledge and practical skills to better manage their time effectively and become more productive, less stressed, more positive and have control of their lives.

She indicated that a test run conducted at the end of the exercise indicates participants really benefited from the training.

The Acting Director also hinted to run an advance version of the training exercise in future depending on resource availability.

The four- day training program was targeted at Directors from the Parliamentary service, the Judicial Service, the police service, Immigration, the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, Ghana Revenue Authority, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Education, the Interior and Education.

By Christian Kpesese/ ghanamps.com

According to the leader of the delegation Donald N. Mdaande they are happy to associate with the Speaker, who had embarked on institutional reform.

He noted that his delegation is in the country to engage government as well as Parliament to find out how the support given by the Bank had been used to the public sector financial accountability.

We would engage the Minister of Finance and various stakeholders to update the public management financial reforms and strategies, he said.

Mr. Donald N. Mdaande further revealed that the World Bank is hoping to rally support from partners financially to  support oversight over the public purse,  especially in terms of the agenda  “Ghana beyond aid”,  he said.

Again the various Parliamentary committees how they can continue to play their role, we looking  at supporting you in the next budget cycle.

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com

He accused the country’s politicians of behind the chieftaincy problems in the Ga State which is the reason of no sign of peace returning to the state anytime soon.

The Chief alleged that the politicians created and continuing with the problems in the Ga state anytime they took over power, and this chronic problem mainly for their prime lands and properties.

Nii Ayitey Anumle Oyanka I who stated these in an interview with www.ghanadistricts.com on the sidelines where he announced this year’s Homowo celebration in his jurisdiction which includes Obliema near Sapeima and Opah in the Ga West Municipality.

He was emphatic that the Ga people could have solved their own differences if the ‘pretentious’ politicians staff off and rather provide security for the people as their primary responsibility.

“It is the duty of government to provide security for its people and not to help worsen the problems and pretend they are solving it with the intent to ‘loot’ the properties belonging to the Gas”, Nii Ayitey lamented.

Nii Anumle Oyanka I also called on President Akufo-Addo to caution his ministers against interfering in his efforts to install Queen mothers in his area.
The angrily spoken Nii Oblie threatened to mention names of ministers if they refuse to stay away from the activities with his Queen mothers of which they ( the Ministers) have not been invited.

In a related development, he chastised the King makers of the Ga state who are interested in money to install the wrong persons as successor chief or Ga Mantse without the fear of God and respect to their ancestors to install the rightful person to ascend the throne.

“….this behaviour is coterminous to selling of our birthright to the wrong persons who come with little money they have to ascend on the throne”, opined Nii Anumle Oyanka I.

The Obliema Mantse appealed to the residence, chiefs in surrounding communities to join him to celebrate this year’s Homowo whiles imploring all to take advantage of this year’s Homowo celebration to forgive each other for the sake of peaceful co-existence and socialisation.

By Christian Kpesese/ ghanamps.com.

According to the chairman of the Committee, ninety-three branches would be maintained, and pointed out that this was the position of the Consolidated Bank that had taken over five collapsed banks.

Dr. Mark Asibey Yeboah further noted that at the end of this month all employees with the Consolidated Bank would have their probation contract terminated by the sixty day probation given them.

He also added that CB is going to embark on nationwide employee assessment of the employee within the Regional sector from Accra, Kumasi, Cape Cost, Tamale, Ho, Takoradi and in the Brong Ahafo.

“All employees are going to go through assessment, for the Consolidated Bank to determine as to the number of employee they want to keep”.

According to the chairman of the Committee, as to the number of jobs to be cut, CB is still in the process of rationalizing the platform they want to use and that would be determine soon.

Again they gave us update of what they have been doing so far and the prospect going in to the future, he said.

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com

Bank of Ghana (BoG) was the first institution to appear before the Finance Committee for probing into what led to the collapse of five indigenous banks, which lasted for three hours.

Just after the in-camera hearing, two police officers who had early  knowledge of  Journalists in Parliament who had pitched, camp waiting to get some news immediately the governor came out and attempted to join the elevator from the seventh floor to the ground floor, moved to survey the entrance.

The Governor of BoG,  Dr. Anderson and his Deputy pretended to be having some discussion at the entrance timing the elevator, immediately it came from the ground floor the security men whisked him away.

When a Journalist rushed towards the governor and questioned him about how the session went, he replied, “it was a nice experience”, before the second question could follow the two police whisked him away and prevented any Journalist from joining the elevator.

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com