Graphic commiserates with clients
The Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) has expressed its sympathy to all its clients who were affected by the June 3 flooding in Accra which claimed lives and destroyed property.
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The company has pledged its support to all its affected clients and indicated its readiness to do all it can, as their business partner, to ensure that they gain their grounds again.
The Director of Marketing and Sales of the GCGL, Ms Shirley Acquah-Harrison, made this known when a delegation from the company began a visit to all its affected clients in Accra Wednesday.
According to her, the company had been overwhelmed by the extent of damage some of its clients suffered during the flood and, therefore, it would provide any requisite support within its means to such clients.
“We are doing this because we care about the well-being of your respective businesses. This is because we remain in business if you are, and we want you to know that we are not just concerned about the benefits we get from you in terms of doing business with you,” she said.
The clients the delegation visited included Toyota Ghana, RANA Motors, Freddie’s Corner and Azar Chemicals.
Clean-up campaign
Ms Acquah-Harrison said as part of the company’s contribution to avert similar floods in the future, it was organising a clean-up campaign, in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana, a waste management company.
As part of the campaign, the GCGL and Zoomlion will clean up gutters in Adabraka and its environs on Saturday, June 13, 2015.
She, therefore, called on volunteers to join the campaign.
Some of the clients visited, including Freddie’s Corner, called on the government to investigate the actual cause of the floods in Accra on June 3, 2013.
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According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Freddie’s Corner, Mr Alfred Korliemartey, residents and businesses in and around the Kwame Nkrumah Circle had attributed the June 3 disaster to the construction of the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange which had blocked the confluence where most rain water entered the Odaw River.
“Even if this claim by residents is an allegation, I think it still deserves the attention of the government to launch an investigation to ensure that similar occurrences are averted,” he said.
Most devastating flooding
Recounting his experience at the Tip Toe Lane at Circle over the years, Mr Korliemartey said he had been doing business there for the past 30 years, adding “this is the first time flooding of this magnitude has occurred”.
He described the June 3 disaster as three times the magnitude of the 1995 flooding which was also devastating.
The management of RANA Motors also called on the government to consider the use of more advanced technology to de-silt the Odaw River.
The CEO of the company, Mr Essam Odaymat, said with the current machines and the pace at which the dredging was going, it would take a long time to make some impact.
According to him, the company was not counting its losses because the damage could never be reverted. Rather, it was concentrating on how to get the business back on track to continue serving its clients.
All the companies expressed their gratitude to the GCGL for the concern it had shown.