ECG Tema ladies celebrate Father's Day
The ladies association of the Electricity Company of Ghana, Tema Region on Thursday held a pre Father's Day discussion as part of a staff durbar to mark the celebration on Sunday.
The association, officially known as the ECG Power Queens of Tema Region held the durbar on Thursday at the company's Tema Regional Office to discuss a number of issues of concern to the staff and the organisation.
Speaking at the durbar on behalf behalf of the Tema Power Queens President, Ms. Anabel Zormelo, the National Organiser of the association, Ms. Emma Aba Amissah advised men to focus on their health and get checked for prostate and testicular cancers as these conditions are affecting more and more men.
She added that "science and medicine shows that early detection can improve chances of recovery therefore the plea is for the men to take their health seriously
The ECG Tema Management representative for mental health in the person of Madam Zita Kyei-Gyamfi said that "culturally and socially, men have been brought up to keep their issues to themsleves yet this is not a healthy practice as there are many issues stressing men and the silence is not helping".
She added that "men should open up, build and form good relationships and to stop internalizing their problems".
Madam Kyei-Gyamfi added a plea, that "suicide has gotten to alarming rates with more men becoming victims. This is a mental health scare and therefore, men should speak up and stop keeping all stress to themselves".
