Report by: Ben LARYEA
The Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare has launched the Fempower outreach and scholarship program with the call on females to take up positions in male-dominated areas in institutions.
She said the gesture will help build their capacities and expose them to emerging trends in the working space.
Speaking at the launch in Accra under the theme, “Empowering Her to Break Frontiers in Leadership and Self Worth”. She said women cannot be marginalized in today’s world where they form the majority in every sphere of life.
ECG female staff challenged to aspire to managerial positions
The programme is under the auspices of the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) of its mentorship program to 150 of its female staff to take up positions at the managerial level of the company.
According to her, women must challenge themselves in all working endeavors be open-minded, and be able to withstand criticism.
The Chief of Staff said women have made giant strides in the workplace and have all the qualities to occupy managerial positions in male-dominated working environments.
Frema Osei-Opare granting media interview
She however said women in the country have embraced her as their role model and have strived to excellence and have thus urged women not to be slow in their career progression and development.
For his part, the Managing Director of Electric Company of Ghana (ECG), Mr. Samuel Dubik Mahama said the company has put in place training programs to mentor 150 female staff to occupy managerial positions, saying the move forms part of the drive to close the gender gap of the company’s managerial staff structure.
“The company will offer scholarships to 10 needy but brilliant students to pursue electrical engineering and computer science”, he said.
Source: www.thenewindependentonline.com
