Speaking to the media after the press soiree on Tuesday, April 18, Mr Worentetu said: “The purse of the country’s economy leaks because for a long time Ghanaians have attached little or no importance to the time factor which is costing us as a nation.”

He stated that the issue of punctuality and time consciousness should be taken up nationally and not just be a mere advice  but should be the active role played by government leaders in order to influence the youth and yield some profits.

Citing an example of the essence of time and its connection to money, the DG said: “If I am a professional speaker who charges $100 dollars per hour, and I am invited for a function and I’m an hour late, this means I lose $100 dollars multiplied by the hundreds of people who sat there uselessly waiting for me. This means that the country has already lost $100,000 dollars. Even if the IMF sends all its money to the country and we don’t change our lateness attitude, it will yield no dividend.”

He explained that Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia were built by indigenes who valued time which yielded profits for them and helped eliminate constant loans and borrowing.

In line with the punctuality and time management project launched by the club in October 2016 which was aimed at addressing the lack of appreciation of the value of time, the governor added that there would be no need to organise seminars and workshops to conscientise the youth on the lack of punctuality and time wasting because these have become addictive and negatives of our society. “The seminars and workshops yield nothing,” he said.

He added that a very simple way a journalist could support the project was to include in his or her reportage of both public and private events whether the programme started and ended on time or the main functionaries at a programme came late.

Water project

The Rotary Club will implement a $6.0 million project to extend water and sanitation to over 200 communities in all regions of the country.

In partnership with United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the funding was made possible through an alliance between Rotary International to improve water and sanitation delivery in deprived communities in Ghana. 

Mr Sam Worentetu said his outfit would ensure the project was completed before 2018 ended.

About Rotary International

The Rotary International is an international service organisation whose purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and to advance goodwill and peace around the world.

Communities in Benin, Ghana, Niger and Togo have benefited from Rotary projects in all areas of focus of the organisation’s new grants module. 

Mr Worentetu stated that in Ghana, Rotary International has partnered the Ministry of Health and other international agencies to eradicate polio from the country, as part of its worldwide Polio Eradication programme and the last recorded case of polio in Ghana was on November 8, 2008.

He indicated that the various Rotary clubs in Ghana have built and equipped hospitals and schools with the needed support to improve humanitarian activities in the country.

country has already lost $100,000 dollars. Even if the IMF sends all its money to the country and we don’t change our lateness attitude, it will yield no dividend.”

He explained that Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia were built by indigenes who valued time which yielded profits for them and helped eliminate constant loans and borrowing.

In line with the punctuality and time management project launched by the club in October 2016 which was aimed at addressing the lack of appreciation of the value of time, the governor added that there would be no need to organise seminars and workshops to conscientise the youth on the lack of punctuality and time wasting because these have become addictive and negatives of our society. “The seminars and workshops yield nothing,” he said.

He added that a very simple way a journalist could support the project was to include in his or her reportage of both public and private events whether the programme started and ended on time or the main functionaries at a programme came late.

Water project

The Rotary Club will implement a $6.0 million project to extend water and sanitation to over 200 communities in all regions of the country.

In partnership with United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the funding was made possible through an alliance between Rotary International to improve water and sanitation delivery in deprived communities in Ghana.

Mr Sam Worentetu said his outfit would ensure the project was completed before 2018 ended.

About Rotary International

The Rotary International is an international service organisation whose purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and to advance goodwill and peace around the world.

Communities in Benin, Ghana, Niger and Togo have benefited from Rotary projects in all areas of focus of the organisation’s new grants module.

Mr Worentetu stated that in Ghana, Rotary International has partnered the Ministry of Health and other international agencies to eradicate polio from the country, as part of its worldwide Polio Eradication programme and the last recorded case of polio in Ghana was on November 8, 2008.

He indicated that the various Rotary clubs in Ghana have built and equipped hospitals and schools with the needed support to improve humanitarian activities in the country. — GB