Banks
asked to assist caterers provide good services
Extension officers attend workshop
Kenyase
(Brong Ahafo) 16 May 2001
The Asutifi
District Assembly, on Tuesday confirmed Mr Michael Nsiah Agyapong, as the
District Chief Executive (DCE) at a special meeting at Kenyase.
He polled
52 votes, representing 90 per cent of assembly members who voted.
Mr
Agyapong, 40, a graduate of the University of Cape Coast was a tutor at the
Sunyani Secondary School.
Addressing
the assembly, Mr Ernest Akobour Debrah, Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, thanked
the assembly for endorsing Mr Agyapong and appealed to members to continue to
unite for the development of the area.
He reminded
them of the non-partisan nature of the district assembly system and enjoined
them to co-operate with the new DCE, to find lasting solutions to problems
facing the people in the district.
The
Regional Minister asked Mr Agyapong to be transparent in his dealings with the
assembly and the people, to ensure the success of his administration.
Mr Debrah
cautioned the new DCE that the members of the assembly, who endorsed his
nomination, could easily turn to be "an overwhelming rejection" if he
misconduct himself.
"You
must administer the district in all humility and in the spirit of
consensus-building if you want to succeed as a DCE".
Mr Debrah
also reminded the assembly of the government's policy of zero tolerance to
corruption and charged them to ensure accountability in its transactions.
Mr
Agyapong, pledged to work diligently for the total development of the district.
He said
nepotism and partisanship would not be part of his administration, stressing
that the welfare of the people, irrespective of their political affiliations,
is going to be his priority.
Mr Agyapong
cautioned that the assembly under his authority would not tolerate laziness and
waste and asked those who benefited from the Poverty Alleviation Fund to repay
loans contracted to enable others to benefit.
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Wa (Upper
West) 16 May 2001
Mr William
Ayambire, Upper West Regional Manager of Ghana Tourist Board, on Tuesday
appealed to banking and other financial institutions, to extend their credit
facilities to traditional caterers (chop bar operators) to enable them to
improve on their services to the public.
He said
they play significant role in national development and measures should be put
in place to facilitate their activities, adding that about 90 per cent of
people depend on traditional caterers for their meals.
Mr Ayambire
was speaking at the opening of a day's seminar for 82 traditional caterers
including food sellers, drinking bar operators and cooks at Wa, on Tuesday.
The
seminar, which was aimed at educating the caterers on balanced diets and to
prepare them adequately for a food contest slated for 26th May, at
Tamale was jointly organised by Ghana Tourist Board and the Trafix Catering
Services based in Accra and was sponsored by Unilever Ghana Limited.
Mr Ayambire
appealed to the district assemblies and National Board for Small-Scale
Industries (NBSSI) to assist caterers, to enable them to provide good quality
services.
He called
on food vendors to operate under hygienic conditions so that tourists and other
travellers would patronise their services.
Mrs Rosina
Gadzekpo, Bakery Adviser for Unilever Ghana Limited, said the seminar will
concentrate on nutrition and hygiene, balanced diets and the need to use made
in Ghana products to improve the services of the caterers.
She said
Unilever is to provide 90 per cent of the ingredients in both the zonal
contests and the grand final contest, which is to be held in October.
Mrs
Gadzekpo called on caterers to promote unpopular diets from the regions by
serving them at state banquets and international conferences.
She said
the zonal contest would be made up of three categories of food, traditional
breakfast, traditional snack and traditional dinner.
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Techiman
(Brong Ahafo) 16 May 2001
A two-day
training of trainers workshop for 30 agricultural extension officers and
farmers drawn from Techiman District
opened in Techiman on Tuesday.
Organised
by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and the German Agency for
Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the workshop afforded the participants the
opportunity to learn about maintaining soil fertility in view of the high cost
of fertilisers.
Mr Kwaku
Minka Fordjour, Techiman District Director of Agriculture, urged farmers to
continue to maintain soil fertility to maximise production.
He also
advised them to desist from bush burning, which destroys the fertility of the
soil.
Mr Fordjour
called on the extension officers to take the workshop seriously and impart the
knowledge acquired to farmers to ensure a sustainable use of the soil.
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