THE Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Yaw Agyeman Badu, has called on the government to pursue capacity development programmes that will be envisioned and implemented by society as a whole.
That, he said, should be done through the empowering of key stakeholders, including individuals and institutions, to help achieve the across-society influences and linkages which would make the desired transformation realistic.
Prof Agyeman Badu, who was speaking at the 17th graduation and admission ceremony of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG), said the government should view commitments to capacity development as a strategic investment which would yield over time and not as heavy costs to be borne.
This year, the institute admitted 319 new members, while 231 graduated as Chartered Accountants (CA) and 28 as accounting technicians.
Awards and certificates were given to successful students who excelled in their examinations. The ultimate prize went to 21-year-old Isaac Danso Agyiri who wrote all 15 professional papers at the first attempt in two and a half years.
"In Ghana we have made a commitment to pursue a policy of human resource development to create a pool of knowledgeable, well-trained and disciplined workforce with capacity to promote sustainable socio-economic growth,” Prof Agyeman Badu said.
He said the institute, therefore, had a huge responsibility of providing capacity programmes for the human resource needs of all sectors of society.
He said technology had consigned Ghana and many African countries behind the developed countries and it was, therefore, imperative that the country developed human capacity for information management in all sectors of the economy.
Prof Agyeman Badu called on the newly admitted members and the graduates to apply professionalism, ethics and integrity in their various work places.
In a speech read on his behalf, the Minister of Education, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, said the primary requirement of ICAG members was for them to adopt the attitudes of transparency and accountability and a high sense of integrity.
He urged them to exhibit a high level of responsibility, skill and competency as their trademark in the profession.
He said the recent improvement in the institute’s pass rates lent credence to total quality management efforts through effective monitoring and control mechanisms employed to upgrade its standards.
Mr Tettey-Enyo commended the ICAG for staying on course with its professional and technicians’ training programmes.
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