GHANA CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK MARKED

A Corporate Ghana Customer Service Conference has been held in Accra to award various companies, brands and Chief Executive Officers (CEOs). The conference anchored on the theme: “THE IMPORTANCE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE IN GHANA, AS A DEVELOPING ECONOMY”, marks part of the activities to climax the Ghana customer service week.
Speaking at the conference, the Minister for Public Sector Reform, Hon. Alhasan Azong, in a speech read on his behalf stated that activities at the public sector reform are aimed at delivering quality service to the citizenry at all levels and it is expected that both the public and private sector collaborates to provide the same level of service at all times.
It is in this light that the government is implementing various reform activities in the Ministries, Departments and Agencies across the country. Prominent among these reform activities, is the Service Delivery Programme, which entails Client Service Units, Business Process Review, Service Charter Development and Public Service Innovation/ Excellence Awards.
The Minister noted that the initiative from the Organisation for Customer Service Excellence which is a private sector organisation has therefore come in handy to support government’s effort at giving the citizenry the best opportunity to access at minimum effort.
He said government has approved the implementation of a New Approach to Public Sector Reform (NAPSR), which emphasis a strong partnership between the public and the private sector institutions for the creation of jobs.
According to him, a customer service excellence oriented public service, facilitates a healthy private sector to thrive, adding that the 21st century provides an organisational supremacy for business growth and sustainability in enhancing service delivery.
He expressed the conviction that customer service is the stronghold of every economy and there is the need to set the stage towards the attainment of a national culture of customer service excellence.
The Executive Director, Organisation for Customer Service, Mr. Hector Wullf, in his address, explained that the nomination and selection of the award winners were informed by critical observation and interaction with the business community and the consuming public.
To ensure high standards in customer service, he noted that the organisation has designed the Ghana Customer Service Charter that will serve as the national standard for consumer service excellence, adding that the Charter will be launched in some few weeks ahead.
Among the companies and brands that received the awards are City Lights Ghana Limited, Toyota (GH) Company Limited, Somothex Ghana, Airtel Ghana, Ghana Commercial Bank Limited, DHL Ghana, AP Oil and Gas Limited, Nyaho Medical Centre and Gold Coast Securities. The rest are Noble House Chinese Restaurant, Procredit Savings and Loans Limited, Vitamilk, Starkist Tuna, Techno Phones, Standard Water, TV3, ETV Ghana as well as Choice FM.
Special awards were also given to the CEO of City Lights Ghana Limited, Mr. Emmanuel Okesson and the Head of Customer Service at Somothex Ghana Limited, Mr. Rajesh Narayan for emerging as the Most Customer Service Focused (CEO) of the Year and Customer Service Professional of the Year respectively.