GTP will manufacture newly customized cloths with the titles of some of Ebony’s songs. One of the cloths which will be used for funerals (including Ebony’s) would have a black and red design with the title of Ebony’s song ‘Maame Hwe’ inscribed on it.

‘Aseda’, the title of her gospel song, will also be used to design cloths for occasions like naming ceremonies.

There will be another cloth for ‘Sponsor’ and that will be purposely used for colourful occasions like parties.

Information has it that the cloths will be unveiled and released onto the market soon for the general public to purchase.

Ebony Reigns (born Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng) died through a car accident on 8th February, 2018

Her funeral has been slated for 24th March, 2018 at the Forecourt of the State House.

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According to him, more jobs can be created for the youth within the dress making industry if Ghanaians cultivate the habit of purchasing made-in-Ghana garments.

Speaking at the 4th Neskael Corporate Fashion Show launch, Mr. Ayariga said foreign dress makers cash in as the purchase of western cloths increases within the country.

“When you put on attire made in America, China or Europe, you create jobs for the people there but when we put on made in Ghana attire the jobs remain here for the youth and teaming unemployed, when it’s made in Ghana it will support the textile industry and the industry will be revived. By just wearing made in Ghana cloths, the tailors, manufactures, farmers, distributors, educated graduates and engineers will all benefit. So it will be of great help if we all patronise cloths made here,” he said.

For her part, CEO of Neskael Travel and Tours Mrs. Louange Mang said that this year’s edition of the show is themed “Celebrating 60 Years of Rich Ghanaian Culture & Continuous Economic Growth through Arts.”

According to her, the activities lined up for this year’s edition includes, Models Catwalk which will be done in segment Sankofa Wednesday Campaign ,Trade Fairs, Fund raising for brilliant but needy Fashion Students , Career Seminar which comes on the 22nd September, 2017 and awarding Key Persons (In Trade & Fashion).

In its previous editions, the Neskael Corporate Fashion Show made it a point to promote made in Ghana Goods, campaign for regular usage of African wear in the corporate world as well as empower young designers in the industry.

This year’s Neskael corporate show is scheduled for 30th September, 2017 at the National Theatre.

It is sponsored by Fifi Beauty Center, GTP, Neskael travel and tour, Mezani, Aqua fill, Data Bank, Aqua fill, Anansi photography and Imesco Ghana limited.

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The facility constructed by GTP is worth Ghc200,000. The dinning hall is a 200 seater-capacity canteen with chairs and tables as well as a kitchenette.

According to the headmistress of the school, Mrs. Grace Asiedu Danquah, pupils of the school over the years have had to struggle to get a place to eat after they are served with their meals.

This she said was source of worry to the school for which they wrote to GTP for assistance.

“Most of our pupils in this school have had to either eat their food in their hands or eat in their classrooms which is not right. So together with the Assembly Member and the PTA, we wrote to GTP for assistance and they wholeheartedly came to our aid.”

According to her, the facility will go a long way to help them as the facility can equally be used as a meeting place for the PTA. 

The Management of GTP on their part said the facility forms part of the company’s corporate social responsibility which among other things is to provide assistance to the less privileged.

At a ceremony to open the facility, the Managing Director of GTP, Erik Van Der Staaij, said the company decided to assist the school due to the deplorable conditions under which it saw the pupils eat.

“Up till this day, the school children have no proper eating place. They eat in the open. The children sit on the staircases, stones and some even sit in the bare floor to eat their food. This was a cause of worry for us. The health of our children was at stake here,” he noted.

He said the project was funded by workers of the company as part of their contributions towards society.  He appealed to the school to make good use of it and ensure it serves the purpose for which it was built for.

Mr. Staiij noted that, GTP last year as part of its 50th anniversary, renovated and furnished the lye-in-ward of the Tema General Hospital.

The company has also donated over 15,000 bed-sheets and pillow cases to 20 public hospitals between 2013 and 2016.

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About 460 workers are being retrenched by three different organisations in the last quarter of 2016.

Investigations by The Finder newspaper indicate that, Baker Hughes Ghana Limited, a top-tier oilfield service company, is laying off 130 workers, Ghana Textile Printing (GTP) is retrenching 130 staff, while Fidelity Bank has also retrenched some 200 workers.

Non-Performing Loans forcing restructuring 

Experts say restructuring in the banking sector is mainly being occasioned by Non-Performing Loans which, a recent Bank of Ghana (BoG) report, pegged at GH₵6.1 billion.

Loans that banks fear might go bad have been on the increase since last year with some even worried that it could have resulted in the collapse of some banks.

The report revealed that the NPLs actually went up by almost 70 percent from GH₵3.6 billion in 2015.

Debts of Bulk Oil Distributors are to be a major part of the debts of banks.

Baker Hughes lays-off 130 staff

Baker Hughes, Ghana Limited, an American oil company operating in the country has retrenched 130 staff.

According to information, the workers are being laid off because the company could not secure contracts to execute making the staff redundant.

Information available to The Finder indicates that the workers have raised concerns about the severance package and the issues are being addressed by the National Labour Commission (NLC).

Baker Hughes is a top-tier oilfield service company that provides the oil and gas industry with products and services for oil drilling, formation evaluation, completion, production and reservoir consulting.

The company arrived in Ghana in 2008.

GTP retrenches 130 staff

Mr Abraham Koomson, Secretary General of Ghana Federation of Labour told The Finder that Ghana Textile Printing (GTP) has served retrenchment letters to 130 staff.

According to him, the redundancy packages have been agreed.

He blamed the situation on pirating of designs of Ghanaian textile firms which are sent to China to produced cheap textiles imported into Ghana.

Textile companies plan more retrenchments 

He predicted more redundancies by textile companies in the months ahead as he accused personnel of Customs Division of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) of being complicit in the flooding of the country with pirated textiles.

Mr Koomson was worried that while a task force continued to seize pirated textiles daily in shops, more of the pirated textiles invaded the market.

200 Fidelity Bank Ghana retrenched

Fidelity Bank Ghana has also retrenched at least 200 of its staff as part of ongoing staff rationalisation and restructuring within the bank.

200 GCB Bank staff retrenched in July 

In July this year, GCB Bank undertook a staff rationalisation exercise involving about 200 employees.

The exercise formed part of the bank’s Transformation Programme designed to re-position the bank as one of the top performing banks in Ghana.

500 workers of Prairie Volta Limited sacked

Prairie Volta Limited, also known as Aveyime Rice Project, is dead and in September, this year, over 500 workers were sent home without pay.

Stanchart/UMB dismiss workers

Standard Chartered Bank Ghana and Universal Merchant Banks also laid-off staff earlier in the year.

A recent World Bank report revealed that 48 percent of Ghanaian youth are unemployed.

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