She confirmed her participation when Members of EWN, a non-profit organisation of  women in senior management and executive positions in private organisations and women entrepreneurs, paid a courtesy call on her ahead  of the conference

The courtesy call, according to Freda  Duplan, Managing Director of Nestle Ghana and Chairperson of EWN  was to formally  introduce Executive Women Network (EWN) to the first lady and her office and extend an invitation to her.

The conference will be held under the theme: Rebranding Ghana to drive business growth – the perspective of women leaders.

Mrs. Duplan said “we believe that as women in leadership roles, our contribution to the socio-economic development of Ghana cannot be over-emphasized.  We have a duty to maximise our efforts on one front and complement each other riding on our collective strengths to deliberately position Ghana as the go-to country for business and investment not only in Africa but globally”.

“This conference is the opportune call to all women in business, civil society organizations and politics who wish to be part of the solution and the nation’s development agenda to converge and deliberate on actionable strategies to rebrand Ghana for growth”. she concluded.

The  First Lady welcomed and commended the team for their work in empowering women in Ghana.

She said, ” I’m excited to associate with this great initiative and going forward, I would be glad to partner and work together on your various mentorship and corporate social responsibility programmes in various communities”.

The maiden Executive Women Network annual conference is a call to action to move from rhetoric to action & execution in rebranding Ghana for economic development and will feature outstanding speakers from business, academia, politics and civil society.

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Source: Executive Women Network

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The 2004 Convention People’s Party (CPP) presidential candidate is being sued by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) for failing to pay the SSNIT contributions of his workers at GOCREST security company limited.

According to SSNIT in their law suit, Mr. Aggudey failed to over the years, pay deductions of employee salaries of 5% and the employers matching funds of 12% to SSNIT towards the pension of his workers.

SSNIT records at the time of filing the law suit showed Mr. Aggudey’s company, GOCREST Security, owed SSNIT over GHC 8 billion in unpaid contributions .

It was against that backdrop a Circuit Court presided over by the presiding Judge, Mr. Justice Osam issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Mr. Aggudey who failed to appear in court after being summoned.

Mr. Aggudey’s legal team quickly filed an application for stay of prosecution at the Accra Fast Track Court seeking to overturn the earlier court ruling which necessitated his incarceration.

Mr. Aggudey’s lead counsel, Lawyer Kwaku Ansah Asare on Thursday May 8, 2014 argued that his client was denied fair trial which led to his wrongful  conviction.

He pleaded with the court to engage the services of an audit or accounting firm to reconcile the accounts of GOCREST security company Limited and that of SSNIT to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Mr. Aggudey’s earlier conviction was right.

Lawyer Kwaku Ansah Asare maintained that his client was innocent until proven guilty by the court after reconciling the accounts of GOCREST security and that of SSNIT.

He further prayed the court to circumscribe the matter in contention within the period Mr. Aggudey was prosecuted for owing SSNIT.

Counsel for SSNIT, Akoto Baffour, rejected Mr. Aggudey counsel’s submission and prayed the court to dismiss the accused application for stay of prosecution and compel him to pay in full his indebtness to SSNIT.

By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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