Capital Bank Ghana CEO Fitzgerald Odonkor is urging government to develop a national policy aimed at helping the reintegration of returnees and individuals in the diaspora into Ghanaian communities.
Rev Odonkor is also pleading with government to provide enhanced support for organisations like Returnees-Diaspora Integrated Development Organisation (RIDEO), which support returnees, to grow into national resource centres.
“These national resource centres will be important contact points for returnees seeking requisite local knowledge and establishing local business networks to effectively implement their ideas. The resource centre will also focus on harnessing the skills, knowledge and experiences of returnees for national development”, he stated.
He was speaking at a send-off ceremony organised by RIDEO for 21 African-Americans, who have traced their roots to Komfueku in the Shama district of the Western Region.
“We believe that helping returnees to successfully integrate is a win-win situation for the country due to the jobs and opportunities they can create for the society”, the banker said.
According to him, returnees from the diaspora have diverse experiences that they can bring to support the country’s economic development, adding “Capital Bank is a bank that believes in the potential of the African and we are prepared to partner you to help achieve your goals.”
The CEO took the opportunity to bid farewell to the brothers and sisters from the Diaspora to their respective bases in the USA and hope they establish strong footprints in Komfueku.
Capital Bank is presently undertaking a retail banking drive with its V-Man campaign, which is expected to boost the savings culture of Ghanaians.
The V-Man vouchers come in denominations of 200, 100, 50 and 20 cedis, which are used as cash deposits to open accounts for individuals. Beneficiaries are then expected to top up their accounts with cash equivalents to the minimum voucher every month for four months in order to redeem the V-Man voucher.
Source: ClassFMonline
