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CEO of Flokefama donates shelves to St. Augustine’s College
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of leading pharmaceutical company, Flokefama, Mr Emmanuel Kenney has provided a new set of shelves for the library of St. Augustine’s College in Cape Coast.
The gesture was made after the Librarian of the school, Kingsley Kuranchi, reached out to Mr. Kenney, a member of the 1998 Year Group about the plight of the shelves at the library.
In all, he provided the school with about 20 new shelves to improve reading and ensure the books are always in good condition.
Speaking to a session of the media after handing over the shelves to the school in Cape Coast last Saturday, March 16, 2024, he said “I provided new shelves because the old shelves were old, destroyed and couldn’t hold the books.”
According to him, he was personally touched because of the significance of the library in shaping his life during his time at St. Augustine’s College.
He said, reading made him dream big and imagine places he only got to know through books.
Mr. Kenney said giving back to society has become a way of life of Flokefama, adding that they will continue to impact the lives of the larger society through Corporate Social Responsibility.
The headmaster of the school, Bishop Henry Atta Djan, and the Auxiliary Bishop of Accra, John Kobona received the shelves and expressed their appreciation to Mr. Kenney for the gesture.
They promised it would be put to good use.
Flokefama Limited was founded in 2008 and has been offering world-class healthcare products ever since. The company has installations in both the private and public sectors throughout Ghana and West Africa.
Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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Craze for x’mas shopping: Crowded markets, low patronage
Vendors of food and other wares associated with the Christmas celebration have expressed surprise at the low patronage despite the increased number of visitors to some of the major markets across the capital.
Four days to the celebration(Christmas), the markets are filled with various products ranging from food, clothing, livestock and many other stuff, but according to the vendors, patrons are doing more ‘window’ shopping.
The Spectator on visits to some of the markets in the capital, notably the Odawna, Makola, Accra Central Business District, New Town and others made similar observations as shoppers crowd them but did little in terms of purchases.
The paper also observed that majority of vendors, originally selling other wares have switched to product related to the festive season.
What it means is that there are a lot more clothes, food and vegetables, livestock and poultry, toys, firecrackers, drinks of different types and many others on display.
The markets have also stretched to the pedestrian pavement, leaving very narrow spaces for commuters to move about freely.
That, in addition to a few of the female vendors dressed in coloured attires to reflect the occasion, has heightened the euphoria, leaving the low sales as the only headache for the vendors.
Speaking with this paper, they sounded very optimistic, believing that sales would improve in the last few days to the yuletide.
According to them, there was the opportunity to sell beyond Christmas as the New Year celebration offers similar opportunity to trade the same wares.
They urged patrons to throng the markets to shop since prices were quite moderate and products affordable for all.
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Retirement service for Elder John Ackom-Asante,3 others
Retired Deputy Editor of The Spectator, Elder John Ackom-Asante, was last Sunday honoured by the Church of Pentecost Windy Hills District in Kasoa in the Central Region, with a retirement thanksgiving service, after serving for 26 year as an Elder of the church.
He was honoured with a citation and certificate of service along with three other elders who served in the capacity for various years.
Elder Ackom-Asante was baptised at the Darkuman Central Assembly in 1979 and ordained as an Elder in 1997.
The citation read “Your selfless service, zeal, willingness to relate wholeheartedly and your desire to effect change has gone a long way to shape the lives of many people in the church and the nation over the 26 years of your dedication to the service of the Lord.”
Elder Ackom- Asante held many positions at the Darkuman Central Assembly, Obuasi in the Ashanti Region and Tema, serving in various capacities as youth and evangelism ministry leader and marriage counsellor.
He was the founding member of the Darkuman Christian Fellowship, a member of the Greater Accra Christian Fellowship; member of Bible Society of Ghana; founding member Obuasi Chapter Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship International and founding member of New Times Corporation Christian Fellowship and Chaplain, Methodist University Tema Campus 2009- 2010.
As a professional journalist, Elder Ackom-Asante combined effectively and efficiently his duty as a member and elder of the church and the demands of his profession, with admiration from the church, kith and kin, till his retirement on December
From Alhaji Salifu Abdul-Rahaman, Kasoa
