Success of rural banks depends on collective effort - Manager
Cocoa farmers commend Barclays Bank
Success of rural banks depends on collective effort - Manager
Brakwa (Central Region) 23 Dec. '99
The Senior Manager of Brakwa Rural Bank in the Central Regional, Mr P.C. Arthur, has said the success of rural banks is the collective responsibility of all.
He has, therefore, urged Ghanaians to patronise rural and community banks in their regions and districts.
Mr Arthur, who was addressing workers of the bank at Brakwa to round off activities for the year, said rural banks are bound to face serious liquidity problems in the next millennium.
It is, therefore, incumbent on people in their catchment areas to buy shares and save with the banks to make them viable.
He assured the numerous customers of the bank of the workers' determination to give them more efficient services next year.
Mr Arthur expressed the bank's appreciation to all who contributed to the success of its operations during the year and advised customers who have not settled their loans to do so immediately.
Mr Emmanuel Aryeh Obeng, Chairman of the bank's Board of Directors, asked the staff to work harder next year to enable them to fulfil their obligations to the people in the district.
Mr Obeng, who is also Deputy General Secretary of the Association of Rural Banks, asked officials of the bank to be prudent in the performance of their duties.
He announced a special millennium package for workers, traders, businessmen and businesswomen, farmers and artisans in the district.
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Cocoa farmers commend Barclays Bank
Akim Oda (Eastern Region) 23 Dec. '99
A number of cocoa farmers in the Birim South District have commended the Akim Oda branch of the Barclays Bank (Ghana) Limited on the prompt manner they had been honouring Akuafo cheques.
Mr Kwesi Boafo, a Spokesman for the farmers told the Ghana News Agency that, since the beginning of the current cocoa season, farmers who called at the bank with their cheques were paid immediately.
This, he said, was in sharp contrast to reports from other places that farmers were finding it difficult to cash their cheques.
Mr Boafo recalled that some years gone by, they spent days at the bank before they got their money but "this time round, things have changed for the better."
He praised the branch manager of the bank, Mr Mike Mukpati, for his good human relations, adding that "on days that the bank runs short of money supply, he talks to farmers politely and requests them to come the following day for their money".
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