SET UP SECURITY FUND —ATO ARTHUR (PAGE 32)

THE Central Regional Minister, Nana Ato Arthur, has stressed the need to set up a security fund to provide decent accommodation for personnel of the security services.
He said decent accommodation for personnel of the security services, especially those on transfer, had been a major problem confronting the institutions.
He was addressing a three-day seminar for regional and district officers and regional accountants and storekeepers of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) from the southern sector in Cape Coast last Monday.
Nana Arthur said throughout the world governments were being called upon to practise good governance, which called for transparency, accountability, equality and good decision-making.
He said it was in line with those that the government passed the Financial Administration Act, the Procurement Act and the Audit Agency Act to form the pillars of the country's strategy for achieving accelerated social and economic development.
He said the acts had brought sanity into the handling and management of government resources and urged the officers to take advantage of the seminar for effective and efficient delivery.
Nana Arthur reminded them of the upcoming elections and advised them to harp on issues that would unite the people rather than divide them.
The Deputy Chief Fire Officer and Director in charge of Finance and Administration at the GNFS, Mr Cornelius Woedi, said the service had, from January to September this year, mobilised GH¢244,580.99, against a projected GH¢330,000.
He asked the officers to put in efforts to make up for the shortfall by the end of the year.
He said the service had responded to 2,279 fires throughout the country as of the end of August this year and that those fires cost GH¢5,351,177 in damage.
He urged the officers to use the seminar to improve on their skills in financial management to enhance the judicious use of resources for development.