Three northern sector branches of GCB to join network
Wa (Western Region) 10 April 2000
Three out of the 14 branches of
the Ghana Commercial Bank limited in the northern sector are to be hooked on to
the national computerised network of the bank.
Over 60 out of the 136 branches of
the bank are computerised while the remaining branches would be computerised by
the end of this year. Mr Kwabena Boakye, Area Manager in-charge of the Northern
Sector said this during a send-off party organised for Mr Ebow Quartey, Wa
Branch Manager, who is leaving on transfer after seven years service.
Mr Boakye said under the satellite
programme, customers could have access to their accounts at any of networked
branches anywhere in the country instead of the current system where customers
can only operate with branches in which they have accounts.
He said out of the total profits
realised in the northern sector, Wa accounted for one-third of the amount and
commended them for their performance.
Mr David Osei-Wusu Upper West
Regional Minister advised bank workers to be polite and friendly to their
customers in order to survive in the wake of competition.
He urged them to step up their
performance to meet the demands of their ever-growing customer population.
Mr Quartey praised the people of
Wa for their co-operation and urged them to extend that cordial relationship to
his successor.
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Kumasi (Ashanti Region) 10 April 2000
Research has identified multiple
market tolls and rents as some of the key problems militating against business
at the Kumasi Central Market.
Madam Aba Oppong, Co-ordinator of
the project, made this known at a workshop for market traders in Kumasi at the
weekend. Organised by the Centre for the Development of People (CEPED) to mark
the end of the 18-month research project - 'Influencing Policy: The Role of
Urban Market Traders in Ghana: A case study of Kumasi Central Market Women', it
is funded by the North-South Institute of Canada.
According to Madam Oppong, the
research also showed that frequent increases in market tolls and rents did not
translate into an improvement of facilities at the market. For instance,
despite the high rents, about 80 per cent of the roofs of stalls at the Central
Market were still leaking.
Traders at every lane of the
market also had to engage the services of private security men since the Kumasi
Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) could not provide adequate security for all areas
of the metropolis.
Madam Oppong said the research
also observed that the market was poorly drained, with the result that gutters
became choked any time it rained, causing floods in certain parts of the
market.
To help address the issues raised
in the research, she said it was crucial for the traders and the KMA to create
avenues for closer and frequent dialogue.
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