Mr. Twumasi-Ankra (Ministry of Transport) with Mr. Lyeo Woon-Ki (Korean Ambassador)
Korean Ambassador and a
team of Korean engineers experienced the Ghanaian attitude to time and late attendance to programmes of
national importance at a workshop held in Accra.
Lyeo Woon-Ki, the Ambassador, waited for...
close to an hour at a
workshop where the Transport Ministry and the Korean Government were to solicit inputs of stakeholders for a Master Plan project
for Accra. The Korean Government have made available $1.5 million
funding with technical expertise for the project and he expected professionalsm on the part of their counterparts. He took the opportunity to criticise the behaviour of the officials of
the Ministry of Transport.The project seeks to address the traffic congestion in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area by 2035.
The representative of Minister of Transport arrived 43 minutes late to the programme. Mr. Woon-Ki stated “Ghanaians should learn to respect time, because it is a valuable and precious resource”
Hyeokjo Kweon, General Manager of Hanmac Engineering, the consultancy firm that is providing technical expertise for the Master Plan, also expressed his frustration. “This is your time. Your government is wasting available time just like this. In Korea, if we schedule a programme to start at 9a.m, it starts at the same time,” he stated.
Mr. A. Selby and Mr. Lawrence Kumi, Chief Director and Director in charge of Research and Statistics respectively, of the Ministry of Transport, upon arrival offered an unqualified apology for their lateness.
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