"Ghana time" undermining development

Professor Joseph Atsu Aryee, Dean of the Faculty of Social Studies of the University of Ghana, Legon, on Monday urged Ghanaians to change their attitude towards time for the development of the nation. He said the inability of Ghanaians to observe time management in their daily activities was undermining the development of the nation.

Speaking on the theme: "The role of the psychologists in national development" at the opening of the psychology week celebrations of the faculty, Prof. Aryee said psychologists had enormous contributions to make in this area through the organisation of outreach programmes in the communities.

Activities for the week-long celebrations, which is the first to be organised by the department, would include lectures, exhibitions, free clinical and counselling sessions, assessments and discussions on the relevance of psychology in national development.

Prof. Aryee said Ghanaians did not value time and therefore, went to work at their own leisure time, calling on members of the public to desist from the so-called "African time" and be punctual at work.