WAIFEM 9th course inaugration(gn)

Story: Stephen Nana Osei Bonsu

FORTY-FIVE public servants from five West African countries are attending a seven-week regional course in specialised report writing skills and presentation techniques in Accra.
The participating countries are Ghana, Gambia, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
The course is to empower participants with writing skills needed to operate more effectively in their respective institutions.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Director-General of West African Institute of Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM), Professor Akpan H. Ekpo, said the course was aimed at using correct grammatical structures in the English Language in a clear and concise manner, relating to specific purpose, audience and readership.
WAIFEM's regional course further looks at the organisation of information in logical and professional forms for both oral and written presentations.
The topics to be covered include grammar in writing, writing styles, principles and types of reports, minutes writing, legal issues in communication and technical report writing.
Prof. Ekpo said since the institute was established 12,000 officials had benefited from its training programmes.
The clientele base, he said, had expanded from traditional users, the legislature, the media and other relevant public and private institutions.