Embrace healthy lifestyles to improve fitness

Aerobics for healthy lifestyle

The Ghana Prisons Service (GPS) has held a health walk for senior officers of the service in Accra.

It was aimed at encouraging officers to consciously make the effort to exercise, have a healthy lifestyle and promote wellness.

The 100kilometre walk, under the auspices of the Senior Officers’ Mess Committee, saw the officers walk on the prin­cipal streets of Accra as a means of maintaining and boosting cardiovas­cular health.

Organised for senior officers in Accra, it drew participants from the Se­nior Correctional Centre, Ghana Prisons Headquar­ters, James Camp Prisons and Prison Officers Train­ing School.

The senior correction­al officers after the walk, converged on the Ghana Prisons Headquarters to engage in aerobic exer­cises to keep the body in good shape.

Participants also engaged in a series of activities including a bas­ketball tournament after the aerobics session.

In an interview with the Deputy Director of Prisons, Nathaniel Onyinah, President of the Senior Officers Mess Committee, he under­scored the need for the health walk which he classified as a necessity to keep fit and promote healthy lifestyles.

He said it was prudent for officers to involve themselves in such activ­ities since they are usu­ally spiced with activities that have the tendency to prevent some lifestyle diseases including blood pressure and diabetes.

According to him, the health walk was an avenue to strengthen the unity among the senior officers to boost the ad­ministrative work of the service.

DDP Onyinah said the committee was com­mitted to contribute its quota in creating an enabling environment for officers to have fun-filled activities to boost their health and wellness.

The Director of Prisons in-charge of Services, Mrs Patience Baffoe-Bon­nie (Esq.), commended the Mess Committee for organising the event.

“This would reduce stress levels of officers and it would be very important to organise it more often,” she stressed.

Superintendent Sharon Ampomah, who was en­thused about the health walk called for more of such fascinating events to maintain unity among senior officers.

The event was inter­spersed with a dance competition among past cadet course intakes and networking among officers to build a formi­dable relationship for the efficient running of the service.

 By ASP Alfred Nii Ar­day Ankrah