The Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has called on HR practitioners in the country to develop a self-motivated human resource base to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all by 2015.
The Vice President made this call in a speech read on his behalf by the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Nii Armah Ashietey at the investiture of the newly elected National Governing Council of the Institute of Human Resources Practitioners, Ghana on Saturday, 22nd February, 2014 at the Accra International Conference Centre.
Speaking under the theme: “The relevance of Human Resource development to National Development”, the Vice President said: “The relevance of human resources development in Ghana today, as a factor in the overall national development agenda cannot be overlooked. A developed and self-motivated human resource base is extremely critical to achieving full and productive employment and decent work for all”, the message said.
“In Ghana for example, some progress in achieving full and productive employment and decent work has been made. Nevertheless, important challenges, which reflect high levels of decent work deficits, have remained, making the achievement of one of the targets of the Millennium Development Goal One (MDG1), which seeks to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger a difficult one”, the message added.
The Vice President continued that: “Considering that we have barely two years to 2015 where our interventions towards the MDGs would be assessed, it behooves on us to harness all approaches that will critically have an impact on the interventions especially decent work.
In his acceptance speech after being sworn-in as the New President of IHRMP, Mr. John Wilson, an HR Management Consultant and Executive Director, ILO-SCORE Training Solutions, Ghana, said, “my team and I decided to hit the ground running by starting to organize and executive an ambitious growth plan for the Institute within our 2-year tenure ahead of the usual formalities. Our first action was to set up institute Business Teams to facilitate our new Vision translated in 3+1 thematic areas of EXPANSION, VISIBILITY, CAPABILITY & CULTURE CHANGE”.
Mr. Andy Osei Okrah, HR Director of the Forestry Commission, was sworn-in as the Vice-President of the Institute. Other Executive members of the National Governing Council include: Mr. George Anto-Boateng, Mrs. Nana Yaa Twum, Dr. Edward Kwapong, Mr. Leonard Quarcoopome, Mr. Samuel O. Asiedu and Mr. Ebenezer Agbettor, who is the Executive Director of the Institute.
The occasion was also used to officially launch the first programme on the Institute’s 2014 calendar, which is to put up an ultra-modern complex for HR practitioners behind the Trade Fair Centre, Accra. A fundraising committee was inaugurated by the Hon. Joe Debrah, Greater Accra Regional Minister to kick start the process of sourcing for funds to build the HR Complex.
The occasion was attended by the out-going President of IHRMP, Mr. Dan Acheampong who pledged his continuous support to the new leadership and the Institute.
By: citifmonline.com/Ghana