Workers urged discard "African Punctuality"

Wa (Upper West Region) - Alhaji Amidu Sulemana, Upper West Regional Minister on Tuesday urged workers to shed off the negative work-culture of "African punctuality," which he said impacts adversely on productivity.

The Regional Minister gave the advice when he addressed the opening session of the 17th meeting of the Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) at Wa.

He said reporting for duty or going to functions late send the wrong signals about how serious one is and urged workers to apply themselves assiduously to their duties to improve the living conditions of the people.

The two-day meeting is being attended by District Chief Executives, District Co -ordinating Directors, and Presiding Members of all the five districts in the region as well as regional heads of decentralised departments.

They are discussing the Second Medium-Term Development Plans of the assemblies as well as briefs by the DCEs on modalities to give financial assistance to tertiary students from the region.