HAIRDRESSES ATTEND WORKSHOP AT ENCHI (PAGE 20)

Story: Kwame Asiedu Marfo, Enchi

THE Rural Enterprise Project (REP) has organised a 10-day technical workshop in pedicure, manicure and hairstyles for 27 hairdressers of the Enchi branch of the Ghana Hairdressers and Beauticians Association at Enchi in the Aowin Suaman District of the Western Region.
The workshop, organised with the support of the Aowin-Suaman District Assembly and the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), was aimed at equipping the hairdressers in the district with modern hair and nail techniques to increase sales and also understand the importance of customer care in their operations.
At the closing ceremony, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Aowin-Suaman, Mr Kingsley Ofori Asante, congratulated the participants on their commitment to seek knowledge rather than money,which was exhaustive.
He said the Business Advisory Centre (BAC), which is the business wing of the assembly, helped small-scale businesses to grow by giving them training and advice.
The DCE, therefore, advised other artisans in the informal sector to unite and form associations to enable the assembly to assist them in the acquisition of the necessary tools to enhance their work.
Mr Ofori Asante urged them to maintain good customer relationship with their clients since without them, their businesses would not grow.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Aowin,Mr Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, said the government’s programme of helping people, who could not achieve higher education after the basic level to acquire skills, was still on course.
He said under the programme, such people would be made to begin apprenticeship to acquire skills that would enable them to be self –reliant.
Mr Adu-Gyamfi asked the participants to monitor apprentices they had trained to ensure quality output since poor output could have a bad effect on them.
The Head of the Business Advisory Centre, Mr Godwin Amoakohene, emphasised the need for the hairdressers to use the knowledge acquired in their business and to treat all customers with respect whenever they patronised their services.
He advised them on the need to keep regular records of all their business transactions and cultivate the habit of saving with the banks since that was the only way of securing funding for their businesses.