THE La Mansaamo Kpee (LMK), a community development association, has launched its 30th anniversary celebration in La, Accra.
The Association, which was formed in 1979 by a group of concerned citizens in the La community, is to mobilise grass roots support for self-sustained development in the La community.
The main objectives of the association is to provide a forum for free discussion on matters of development concern to the people as the central government alone could not provide the development needs of the people.
It is also to help raise the standard of living and quality of life of the inhabitants by providing and improving public health, sanitation, education and recreational facilities in the area through self-help and voluntary services.
So far, the association has, within its 30 years of existence, established a community bank, the La Community Bank, which was registered with an authorised share capital of GH¢ 10,000, representing 15 per cent preference share earmarked for the La community.
As part of its programme to provide employable skills for the youth within the La community, the association established the La Vocational and Technical Training Centre, which provide training in carpentry and joinery, building technology and dressmaking for the youth in the community.
Realising the important role women played in national development, the association, in 1993, formed an umbrella organisation responsible for women affairs known as Yei Anoyaa Kpee (Women Development Programme).
Its main objective is to educate women in the community to know their rights and responsibilities, create self-employment opportunities for them, train them in basic principles of management and introduce them to family planning.
The association has also established an educational fund to assist brilliant but needy students of La.
The fund has over the last few years provided financial assistance to over 200 students at various levels of the educational system.
Launching the year-long anniversary, Mr Peter Kpobi, a counsellor to the association, called for the involvement of all the people to make the celebration a success. He donated an amount of GH¢500 as his personal contribution towards the celebration.
The association has lined up a number of programmes to mark the celebration.
Present at the launch were Mr Peter O. Aryee, Executive Chairman of the Association, Mr K. B. Asante, Mr Peter Kpobi, Mr Kuma Olleanu, Rev Fr Antonio Nelson of the St Paul Anglican Church, and Prof Irene K. Odotei of the University of Ghana.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
World Water Day
THIS year’s Water Day has been marked with a call on stakeholders to recognise that the survival of every nation depends on the proper management and utilisation of its water resources.
The day, which was on the theme: “Shared Water, Shared Opportunities”, with focus on transboundary water, was to draw attention to the use of integrated water resource management tools to promote co-operation in nations and shared water basins for all water users and their communities.
At a flag-hoisting ceremony held in Accra to mark the day, the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Mr Albert Abongo, said the theme for the celebration was a call on Ghana and its neighbours to come together to be more responsible towards water usage and conservation for their mutual benefit.
Mr Abongo said the day was also aimed at inspiring political, community and media attention and action, as well as to encourage greater understanding of the need to manage water resources for future generations.
He said the way transboundary waters were protected, managed and used would affect the successful achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and safeguard human security and development.
“Indeed, access to water for domestic and productive agricultural and other economic activities has a direct impact on the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger in our country,” he said.
The minister noted that fortunately for Ghana, priorities had been gradually set towards ensuring the provision of good drinking water and sanitation-related services, as well as productive water for the increasing population in the rural and urban areas of the country.
Mr Abongo said in an effort to ensure sustainable availability of water for Ghana and its neighbours, Ghana had played a leading role in the establishment of a Volta Basin Authority (VBR).
This, he said, was realised through the ratification of a convention by the six riparian countries of Burkina Faso, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Mali and Ghana.
The minister, therefore, encouraged everyone to seriously consider adopting simple but important water conservation and utilisation techniques in order to address the water situation in Ghana.
In his message, which was read on his behalf by the UNESCO representative, Mrs Elizabeth Moundo, the United Nation’s Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, said while the world’s population was growing and consuming more freshwater, climate change was making less water available in many regions of the world.
He said as rainfall became less predictable, floods and droughts became more extreme, making it vital to manage water and balance the varied need carefully.
The Secretary General said there were about 300 international water agreements, often among parties that were otherwise at odds with each other.
These agreements, he said, demonstrated the potential of the use of shared water resources to foster trust and promote peace among nations.
For his part, the UNESCO Director-General, Koichiro Matsuura, whose message was delivered by Dr Abu Amani of the United Nations office in Accra, said water affected all aspects of human life, from health and sanitation to food, from the environment and ecosystem to the industry and the energy that powered development.
“Yet this vital resource is under threat. The amount of water we have has remained constant for thousands of years while the number and type of users have increased massively,” he said.
Earlier in the day, a street procession on the theme: “End Water Poverty”, was held as part of activities marking the day.
The procession, which started from the office of the Water Resource Commission, ended at the Holy Gardens, Kwame Nkrumah Circle. The processors held placards with such inscriptions as, “Water is life, Water is Precious, 500 children die every day from water-related diseases, Clean water is my right” amid brass band music.
The day, which was on the theme: “Shared Water, Shared Opportunities”, with focus on transboundary water, was to draw attention to the use of integrated water resource management tools to promote co-operation in nations and shared water basins for all water users and their communities.
At a flag-hoisting ceremony held in Accra to mark the day, the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Mr Albert Abongo, said the theme for the celebration was a call on Ghana and its neighbours to come together to be more responsible towards water usage and conservation for their mutual benefit.
Mr Abongo said the day was also aimed at inspiring political, community and media attention and action, as well as to encourage greater understanding of the need to manage water resources for future generations.
He said the way transboundary waters were protected, managed and used would affect the successful achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and safeguard human security and development.
“Indeed, access to water for domestic and productive agricultural and other economic activities has a direct impact on the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger in our country,” he said.
The minister noted that fortunately for Ghana, priorities had been gradually set towards ensuring the provision of good drinking water and sanitation-related services, as well as productive water for the increasing population in the rural and urban areas of the country.
Mr Abongo said in an effort to ensure sustainable availability of water for Ghana and its neighbours, Ghana had played a leading role in the establishment of a Volta Basin Authority (VBR).
This, he said, was realised through the ratification of a convention by the six riparian countries of Burkina Faso, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Mali and Ghana.
The minister, therefore, encouraged everyone to seriously consider adopting simple but important water conservation and utilisation techniques in order to address the water situation in Ghana.
In his message, which was read on his behalf by the UNESCO representative, Mrs Elizabeth Moundo, the United Nation’s Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, said while the world’s population was growing and consuming more freshwater, climate change was making less water available in many regions of the world.
He said as rainfall became less predictable, floods and droughts became more extreme, making it vital to manage water and balance the varied need carefully.
The Secretary General said there were about 300 international water agreements, often among parties that were otherwise at odds with each other.
These agreements, he said, demonstrated the potential of the use of shared water resources to foster trust and promote peace among nations.
For his part, the UNESCO Director-General, Koichiro Matsuura, whose message was delivered by Dr Abu Amani of the United Nations office in Accra, said water affected all aspects of human life, from health and sanitation to food, from the environment and ecosystem to the industry and the energy that powered development.
“Yet this vital resource is under threat. The amount of water we have has remained constant for thousands of years while the number and type of users have increased massively,” he said.
Earlier in the day, a street procession on the theme: “End Water Poverty”, was held as part of activities marking the day.
The procession, which started from the office of the Water Resource Commission, ended at the Holy Gardens, Kwame Nkrumah Circle. The processors held placards with such inscriptions as, “Water is life, Water is Precious, 500 children die every day from water-related diseases, Clean water is my right” amid brass band music.
Households advised to harvest rain
TWO officers of the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMA) have reiterated the need for households to adopt rain harvesting technology to reduce the pressure on the Ghana Water Company as a result of perennial water shortages.
They said the problem of perennial water shortage that confronted most communities in parts of the country could be addressed if estate developers included rain harvesting facilities in their building projects.
The two, Mr Chales Kwaku Yorke and Mr Kafui Quarshiga, were speaking to the Daily Graphic to throw more light on the 2009 rainfall outlook issued by the GMA, and to also offer suggestion on how to curb perennial water shortage in the country.
Mr Yorke explained that harvesting and storing rainwater from the rooftop was most economical, particularly for areas where the amount of average annual rainfall was more than 255mm.
He said it was surprising that most buildings in the country, even public ones, were without any rain harvesting facility, and pointed out that that was unfortunate in a country where the driest area had an average annual rainfall of about 750mm.
“Several tonnes of rainwater can be harvested from slight to moderate rainfall from rainstorm and squall lines which contribute more than 80 per cent of annual rainfall in Ghana” he said.
Mr Yorke cited areas like Kintampo South, East Gonja, Nkwanta and Tain districts as areas with intensive rainfall, at least once in a year.
He stressed that even in the dry season, these areas could harvest rain throughout the year unlike in the northern parts of the country where most areas were dry for almost five months in a year.
In his contribution,Mr Quarshiga noted that if seriously implemented, rain harvesting could provide about 90 per cent of the water needed for household use, and suggested that the technology should be incorporated into the architectural design of schools, hospitals and other public places.
“It is needless the way many of us carry gallons around the city in search of water when we can store and use rain water at least for domestic and industrial purposes”.
Mr Quarshiga said individuals could make a lot of savings from harvesting water as money spent on water bills could be used for other purposes.
He said rain harvesting could also help farmers to stop seasonal farming and farm all year round, stressing that “Let us not waste all the rainwater that we will be having this year”.
They said the problem of perennial water shortage that confronted most communities in parts of the country could be addressed if estate developers included rain harvesting facilities in their building projects.
The two, Mr Chales Kwaku Yorke and Mr Kafui Quarshiga, were speaking to the Daily Graphic to throw more light on the 2009 rainfall outlook issued by the GMA, and to also offer suggestion on how to curb perennial water shortage in the country.
Mr Yorke explained that harvesting and storing rainwater from the rooftop was most economical, particularly for areas where the amount of average annual rainfall was more than 255mm.
He said it was surprising that most buildings in the country, even public ones, were without any rain harvesting facility, and pointed out that that was unfortunate in a country where the driest area had an average annual rainfall of about 750mm.
“Several tonnes of rainwater can be harvested from slight to moderate rainfall from rainstorm and squall lines which contribute more than 80 per cent of annual rainfall in Ghana” he said.
Mr Yorke cited areas like Kintampo South, East Gonja, Nkwanta and Tain districts as areas with intensive rainfall, at least once in a year.
He stressed that even in the dry season, these areas could harvest rain throughout the year unlike in the northern parts of the country where most areas were dry for almost five months in a year.
In his contribution,Mr Quarshiga noted that if seriously implemented, rain harvesting could provide about 90 per cent of the water needed for household use, and suggested that the technology should be incorporated into the architectural design of schools, hospitals and other public places.
“It is needless the way many of us carry gallons around the city in search of water when we can store and use rain water at least for domestic and industrial purposes”.
Mr Quarshiga said individuals could make a lot of savings from harvesting water as money spent on water bills could be used for other purposes.
He said rain harvesting could also help farmers to stop seasonal farming and farm all year round, stressing that “Let us not waste all the rainwater that we will be having this year”.
Friday, March 20, 2009
GIMPA to train Anglogold managers
THE Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) has entered into a customised training partnership with AngloGold Ashanti, a mining company, to train senior managers for AngloGold.
The programme, which involves participants from some mining fields in Ghana, Mali and Guinea, was designed jointly by GIMPA and AngloGold to respond to changing trends in leadership and management, particularly in the mining sector.
Launching the partnership, as well as welcome the first batch of participants in the Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership and Management programme, the Rector of GIMPA, Prof Yaw Agyeman Badu, said it was no longer relevant for workers to just go for further studies.
He explained that “training in our tertiary institutions must be industry specific to satisfy the demands and needs of the particular industry involved”.
Prof Agyeman Badu said the customised modular training was designed to meet the manpower needs of AngloGold Ashanti and was a modification of GIMPA’s own Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration for its particular needs.
He said the course would deepen participants’ understanding of the changing operational environment and its implications for supervisors and managers of AngloGold Ashanti.
According to the Co-ordinator of the programme, Mrs Victoria Kumbour, its main objective was to equip middle-level managers of AngloGold with the necessary management and administrative skills, as well as develop in them the right attitude to increase organisational performance.
She called for co-operation on the part of participants during the period of their stay, as GIMPA had already put in place the needed environment for academic work.
The Head of Human Resource, West Africa Region of AngloGold Ashanti, Gops Modise, told the Daily Graphic that the reason for the partnership with GIMPA was to equip and rebuild the capacity of AngloGold staff to meet the demands of the mining industry.
He said the programme was also part of the process of preparing the middle-level staff to take up leadership roles in the company in the future.
“This is also part of our new strategic plan to drive the company forward, with particular focus on its human resource base,” he said.
“We need the right people with the right skills to achieve our objectives,” he added.
The second component of the strategy, he said, was to build the needed business framework with the right management tool to position the company as a world-class mining company.
The programme, which involves participants from some mining fields in Ghana, Mali and Guinea, was designed jointly by GIMPA and AngloGold to respond to changing trends in leadership and management, particularly in the mining sector.
Launching the partnership, as well as welcome the first batch of participants in the Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership and Management programme, the Rector of GIMPA, Prof Yaw Agyeman Badu, said it was no longer relevant for workers to just go for further studies.
He explained that “training in our tertiary institutions must be industry specific to satisfy the demands and needs of the particular industry involved”.
Prof Agyeman Badu said the customised modular training was designed to meet the manpower needs of AngloGold Ashanti and was a modification of GIMPA’s own Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration for its particular needs.
He said the course would deepen participants’ understanding of the changing operational environment and its implications for supervisors and managers of AngloGold Ashanti.
According to the Co-ordinator of the programme, Mrs Victoria Kumbour, its main objective was to equip middle-level managers of AngloGold with the necessary management and administrative skills, as well as develop in them the right attitude to increase organisational performance.
She called for co-operation on the part of participants during the period of their stay, as GIMPA had already put in place the needed environment for academic work.
The Head of Human Resource, West Africa Region of AngloGold Ashanti, Gops Modise, told the Daily Graphic that the reason for the partnership with GIMPA was to equip and rebuild the capacity of AngloGold staff to meet the demands of the mining industry.
He said the programme was also part of the process of preparing the middle-level staff to take up leadership roles in the company in the future.
“This is also part of our new strategic plan to drive the company forward, with particular focus on its human resource base,” he said.
“We need the right people with the right skills to achieve our objectives,” he added.
The second component of the strategy, he said, was to build the needed business framework with the right management tool to position the company as a world-class mining company.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Chief Inspector Addai is no more
One of Ghana's most dedicated Police Officers in the country, Chief Inspector Godfred Addai, a regular figure on the Nungua-Accra beach road, is no more.
The man who dedicated his all to ensuring traffic discipline died after a short illness at the Police Hospital in Accra.
Unfortunately, Chief Inspector Addai's promotion letter from the rank of Inspector to the rank of Chief Inspector arrived two days after he passed on to the other side of the world indicating that the letter was sent while he was on his sick bed at the police hospital.
The 52 year- old Police officer who was popularly known within the Teshie Nungua community as Addai, was recruited into the Ghana Police Service in 1981 after he dropped out of the Oppong Memorial Secondary School at Kokofu in form two due to financial difficulties.
In spite of his plight at the time, he started farming in the village at the age of 20 to help his parents who were also farmers at the time to take care of the family.
After three years on the farm, Inspector Addai stopped farming because he was not making the needed income and joined his uncle who was a police officer at the time in Accra.
Sources at the Kpeshie Divisional Police Headquarters indicate that his first duty post was at Ho in the Volta Region where he stayed briefly and was transferred back to Accra .
He started directing traffic within Teshie Nungua and its environs about 12 years ago when he volunteered to do the work because of the noted misconduct of some commercial drivers in that community.
His presence alone, most people said, brought sanity on the roads in the community . The drivers stopped driving on the shoulders of the road for they knew not where Addai could emerge.
Addai would make you return to join the traffic or make you park and wait for long hours before letting you go if you misconducted yourself. Not even the plea of passengers would make him change his mind. He was a strict on the road.
At the end of the dual carriage where he stood every evening, sources indicate that he regulated the trafdfic by counting the cars. He allowed ten cars from each lane and moved to 20 then to 40 when the traffic became extra heavy.
Police sources at Nungua indicate that almost all Inspector Generals of Police (IGP) have awarded him since he was transfered to Accra for his dedication to duty.
Chief Inspector Addai has also been awarded by the Regional Police Administration and some corporate entities and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly.
The Police Administration has directed that a full military burial be accorded him.
His colleagues will keep wake on March 25, 2009 at the Nungua Police Barracks. The body will be laid at the same venue on Friday March 27 where he spent most of his life as a police officer in the early hours of the day.
The body will then be moved from there to his hometown, Bekwai Assumegya in the Ashanti Region for burial on March 28, 2009.
The man who dedicated his all to ensuring traffic discipline died after a short illness at the Police Hospital in Accra.
Unfortunately, Chief Inspector Addai's promotion letter from the rank of Inspector to the rank of Chief Inspector arrived two days after he passed on to the other side of the world indicating that the letter was sent while he was on his sick bed at the police hospital.
The 52 year- old Police officer who was popularly known within the Teshie Nungua community as Addai, was recruited into the Ghana Police Service in 1981 after he dropped out of the Oppong Memorial Secondary School at Kokofu in form two due to financial difficulties.
In spite of his plight at the time, he started farming in the village at the age of 20 to help his parents who were also farmers at the time to take care of the family.
After three years on the farm, Inspector Addai stopped farming because he was not making the needed income and joined his uncle who was a police officer at the time in Accra.
Sources at the Kpeshie Divisional Police Headquarters indicate that his first duty post was at Ho in the Volta Region where he stayed briefly and was transferred back to Accra .
He started directing traffic within Teshie Nungua and its environs about 12 years ago when he volunteered to do the work because of the noted misconduct of some commercial drivers in that community.
His presence alone, most people said, brought sanity on the roads in the community . The drivers stopped driving on the shoulders of the road for they knew not where Addai could emerge.
Addai would make you return to join the traffic or make you park and wait for long hours before letting you go if you misconducted yourself. Not even the plea of passengers would make him change his mind. He was a strict on the road.
At the end of the dual carriage where he stood every evening, sources indicate that he regulated the trafdfic by counting the cars. He allowed ten cars from each lane and moved to 20 then to 40 when the traffic became extra heavy.
Police sources at Nungua indicate that almost all Inspector Generals of Police (IGP) have awarded him since he was transfered to Accra for his dedication to duty.
Chief Inspector Addai has also been awarded by the Regional Police Administration and some corporate entities and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly.
The Police Administration has directed that a full military burial be accorded him.
His colleagues will keep wake on March 25, 2009 at the Nungua Police Barracks. The body will be laid at the same venue on Friday March 27 where he spent most of his life as a police officer in the early hours of the day.
The body will then be moved from there to his hometown, Bekwai Assumegya in the Ashanti Region for burial on March 28, 2009.
Meteo advises farmers on crop planting
THE Ghana Meteorological Agency has advised farmers not to plant immediately after the onset of the rains, as they may experience crop failure.
It said the planting period for crops should start between four and six weeks after the onset of the rainy season when the dry spells, which are the periods between one rainfall and another, were expected to be relatively shorter.
This was contained in the agency’s seasonal forecast. It has predicted an average-to-above-average rainfall over the entire country during the main rainy seasons.
The release said average-to-above-average rainfall was expected in areas in the Upper East, Upper West and Northern regions and the northern half of the Volta Region during the main rainy season from July to September.
Also areas in the middle part of the Volta Region, the entire Brong Ahafo, Eastern, Ashanti, Western and Central regions, except the coastal strip, would experience average rainfall during the main season from April to June.
For the rest of the country, that is, the coastal strip of the Central Region, stretching through to the Greater Accra Region and the Volta Region, average amounts of rainfall are expected from April to June.
The coastal belt, which stretches from the Central Region to the Volta Region, is expected to experience average rainfall during the major season.
The start of the rainy season, which is expected between the first and second weeks of March, is expected to be characterised by long dry spells of about 10 days, especially during the first four to six weeks after the onset of the rains.
The forest zone, which includes parts of the Volta and Central regions, and the entire Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Eastern and Western regions will experience average rainfall during the major season, which is expected to start from the first to the second week of March.
The Northern Region of Ghana is expected to experience average rainfall during the rainy season, starting from the first week of April.
The forecast, however, added that within the first four weeks after the onset, there was the likelihood of the areas experiencing some periods of dry spells lasting between five and 10 days within the northern regions.
The Upper East and Upper West regions are expected to experience average-to-above-average rainfall during the major season, with the onset expected in the last week of April and a dry spell of between five and 10 days likely to occur during the first four weeks after the onset.
The Head of the Research Department of the agency, Mr Charles Kwaku Yorke, gave the summary of the average rainfall in the major season as: Coastal belt, 710mm between March and October; forest belt, 110mm from March to October; Northern belt, 980mm from April to October, and Upper East and Upper West, 960mm and 963mm, respectively, from April to October.
It said the planting period for crops should start between four and six weeks after the onset of the rainy season when the dry spells, which are the periods between one rainfall and another, were expected to be relatively shorter.
This was contained in the agency’s seasonal forecast. It has predicted an average-to-above-average rainfall over the entire country during the main rainy seasons.
The release said average-to-above-average rainfall was expected in areas in the Upper East, Upper West and Northern regions and the northern half of the Volta Region during the main rainy season from July to September.
Also areas in the middle part of the Volta Region, the entire Brong Ahafo, Eastern, Ashanti, Western and Central regions, except the coastal strip, would experience average rainfall during the main season from April to June.
For the rest of the country, that is, the coastal strip of the Central Region, stretching through to the Greater Accra Region and the Volta Region, average amounts of rainfall are expected from April to June.
The coastal belt, which stretches from the Central Region to the Volta Region, is expected to experience average rainfall during the major season.
The start of the rainy season, which is expected between the first and second weeks of March, is expected to be characterised by long dry spells of about 10 days, especially during the first four to six weeks after the onset of the rains.
The forest zone, which includes parts of the Volta and Central regions, and the entire Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Eastern and Western regions will experience average rainfall during the major season, which is expected to start from the first to the second week of March.
The Northern Region of Ghana is expected to experience average rainfall during the rainy season, starting from the first week of April.
The forecast, however, added that within the first four weeks after the onset, there was the likelihood of the areas experiencing some periods of dry spells lasting between five and 10 days within the northern regions.
The Upper East and Upper West regions are expected to experience average-to-above-average rainfall during the major season, with the onset expected in the last week of April and a dry spell of between five and 10 days likely to occur during the first four weeks after the onset.
The Head of the Research Department of the agency, Mr Charles Kwaku Yorke, gave the summary of the average rainfall in the major season as: Coastal belt, 710mm between March and October; forest belt, 110mm from March to October; Northern belt, 980mm from April to October, and Upper East and Upper West, 960mm and 963mm, respectively, from April to October.
Monday, March 16, 2009
American Airlines steps up operations in Ghana
American Airlines has relaunched its services in the country with a training workshop for travel and tour operators to give them a better understanding of the airline’s operations.
The airline is operating an offline office in Ghana as a member of the Oneworld carriers alliance. An offline office means the carrier will not operate a direct flight from Ghana but will rely on its partner airlines that fly into the country, such as British Airways.
The Country Director, Mr Ekow Paintsil, told the Daily Graphic in an interview after a presentation at the workshop that the events of September 11 had affected the operations of the airline worldwide and called for such strategic partnerships and alliances for survival.
“As one of the world’s biggest airlines, we need to position ourselves and prove our worth in the industry in times of difficulty”.
Mr Paintsil said the offline office in Ghana served as the hub of other West African countries stretching from Senegal to Angola.
“Management decided on the relaunch with its accompanying innovations and changes to recapture its markets in the airline industry,” he added.
American Airlines flies more than 250,000 people a day to over 250 cities in 40 countries. That, he said, was made possible by the combined effort of the Oneworld alliance and other airline partners, adding “our total network includes more than 800 destinations worldwide.”
The other presenter at the workshop, Mr Joseph Abbey Mensal, told Daily Graphic in an interview that the relaunch was necessary to reassure their clients of their commitment to serve them better.
“We have for sometime in the past lost contact with our most cherished customers; we think it is important to re-establish link with them,” he emphasised.
The airline is operating an offline office in Ghana as a member of the Oneworld carriers alliance. An offline office means the carrier will not operate a direct flight from Ghana but will rely on its partner airlines that fly into the country, such as British Airways.
The Country Director, Mr Ekow Paintsil, told the Daily Graphic in an interview after a presentation at the workshop that the events of September 11 had affected the operations of the airline worldwide and called for such strategic partnerships and alliances for survival.
“As one of the world’s biggest airlines, we need to position ourselves and prove our worth in the industry in times of difficulty”.
Mr Paintsil said the offline office in Ghana served as the hub of other West African countries stretching from Senegal to Angola.
“Management decided on the relaunch with its accompanying innovations and changes to recapture its markets in the airline industry,” he added.
American Airlines flies more than 250,000 people a day to over 250 cities in 40 countries. That, he said, was made possible by the combined effort of the Oneworld alliance and other airline partners, adding “our total network includes more than 800 destinations worldwide.”
The other presenter at the workshop, Mr Joseph Abbey Mensal, told Daily Graphic in an interview that the relaunch was necessary to reassure their clients of their commitment to serve them better.
“We have for sometime in the past lost contact with our most cherished customers; we think it is important to re-establish link with them,” he emphasised.
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