GCGL WILL REMAIN LEADING NEWSPAPER HOUSE - ASHIGBEY

THE Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Mr Ken Ashigbey, has expressed the commitment of the company to entrench its position as the leading newspaper house in the country.

He also reiterated the resolve of the company to explore the West African market in the short to medium term to reflect its vision.

He, therefore, advised the members of staff of the company to strive for excellence in the pursuit of that dream.

Addressing a staff durbar in Accra yesterday, Mr Ashigbey said the GCGL was expected to play the lead role in the provision of first-hand, timely, accurate and reliable information for the Ghanaian populace in 2012, being especially an election year.

Mr Ashigbey reminded the workers that the vision of the company was to be the biggest, most influential and reliable multi-media organisation in the West African sub-region and, therefore, urged them to work harder to attain that goal.

He indicated that management was aware of the challenges faced by the company and which required sacrifice on the part of workers to ensure that its titles maintained their leading role on the market.

Mr Ashigbey said the challenges were over and assured the workers that they would never happen again.

He underscored the need for the management and the leadership of the union to work together and ensure that the GCGL provided very high quality products and services.
The managing director also called on the government to give the company a reprieve whenever there were challenges.

He gave the assurance that he would pursue an open-door policy and called on the workers to offer pieces of advice as and when necessary.

An executive member of the union, Mr Charles Benoni Okine, who read a speech on behalf of the union, said the union was grateful that management had listened to the views of workers and complied to its decision to give staff a token for the Yuletide, bearing in mind the suspension of the 13th-month salary.

He expressed concern over the structural defects in the new press house building which, he said, had developed serious cracks in some areas.

Performance awards were given to 19 members of staff drawn from the various departments and the regions for distinguishing themselves in their various disciplines, while journalists who also distinguished themselves in their various disciplines and were honoured by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) were also honoured at the durbar.

SOURCE: Mary Mensah & Della Russel Ocloo, Daily Graphic, Thur Dec 22, 2011