By Joyceline Natally Cudjoe
The founder of the
Unique Trust (UT) Bank, Mr Prince Kofi Amoabeng has said that government
appointees should be held accountable whenever they are late to functions.
The move, he explained
would ensure that Ministers and stakeholders in major public positions honor
time, when they are invited to grace functions.
“If there should be
punctuality in the public service, leaders should first embrace the punctuality
campaign by given respect to time and stop being late to work and public events”
he said
Mr Amoabeng said this
yesterday in Accra, when he endorsed the Punctuality Ghana Public Campaign aimed
creating awareness on punctuality and effective time management.
The campaign is championed
by Wisewater foundation, a non-governmental organisation that promotes social
good of Ghanaian by facilitating public education on national issues.
Mr Amoabeng said the
situation where leaders who are role model to the younger generation become
late to function should not be tolerated and entertained.
“Leadership must be seen
to be leading the way when it comes to punctuality. Instead of leaders being
the last to show up at events, they should rather be first “he said.
He noted that the time
to weed out poor time management which continues to cripple the country’s economy
must be now.
The Crusader of
Punctuality Ghana Public Campaign, Mr Emmanuel Amarquaye said in creating the
awareness of punctuality, there would be concept of signage, seminars and
workshop to help inculcate the habit of punctuality in Ghanaians.
He noted the major
contribution to corruption was punctuality, explaining that, people create
unnecessary queue that would result in unacceptable corruption.
“Misuses of government
time for social media and prayers are unacceptable and ought not to be
tolerated. The development of Ghana must thrive on conscious time and hard
work” he said.
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