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GTP debuts ready-to-wear collection
GIPC boss, Yoofi Grant poses with Head of Retail, Jessica Okwabi at GTP,
and Marketing Director, Mary Ann Boaten
Ghana’s pioneering indigenous textile brand, GTP, has unveiled a stylish corporate ready-to-wear clothing collection at its inaugural retail store in Osu last Friday.
This strategic move is a direct response to months of invaluable customer feedback signalling GTP’s dedication to meeting the evolving needs of its discerning clientele.
This significant milestone solidifies GTP’s position as a premium, innovative, and fashion-forward brand, while enhancing convenience, style, and personalised service for its cherished customers.
The Marketing Director of Ghana Textiles Printing Company (GTP), Madam Mary Ann Boaten expressed her enthusiasm about the achievement, saying “we’ve worked diligently to craft a collection that radiates style and elegance, with the purpose of meeting the ever-evolving demands of our customers and adding value to the fabrics.”
GTP’s retail store and versatile ready-to-wear collection is the result of collaboration between GTP’s internal teams and esteemed partners like Tekura, who supplied the store’s furnishings and some of the woodwork.
As a leading textile brand in Ghana, GTP has been crafting high-quality fabrics for over five decades, with an unwavering commitment to celebrating Ghanaian culture and heritage through its products and services.
Patrons are promised a unique first-hand experience of the brand’s extensive range of quality and authentic African textiles, and alluring Ready-to-Wear collection made from exclusive GTP designed fabrics.
The brand is confident that its customers will embrace the new collection and cherish the unique shopping experience the retail store has to offer.
The double-debut event was graced by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Yoofi Grant, Business Executives Marina Lamptey and Lucy Quist, Broadcaster Israel Laryea, Fashion Designer Elikem Kumordzie and Actress Sika Osei as well as other esteemed fashion enthusiasts.
GTP is the first indigenous Ghanaian textile brand launched onto the Ghanaian market in January 1966 by the late Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
By Edem Mensah Tsotorme
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GES directs Ashanti Regional, Obuasi Municipal Education Directors to step aside over Obuasi SHTS scandal
The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed the Ashanti Regional Director of Education, Dr. William Amankrah Appiah, and the Obuasi Municipal Director of Education, Mr. Kwamena Owusu-Nketiah, to step aside with immediate effect.
The directive forms part of ongoing investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct involving the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), Mr. Zakaria Abdulai.
According to GES, the decision is intended to ensure that the investigations proceed without potential interference, nor the perception of it.
The two directors are to hand over their offices and all state property in their possession to the Deputy Ashanti Regional Director of Education, Mr. Thomas Kwame Boateng.
Management added that the headmaster, Mr. Zakaria Abdulai, also remains interdicted and therefore urged the public to ignore any news circulating that he has been cleared.
Management is calling for calm, support and cooperation as thorough investigations into the matter continue.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has joined the family of the late Professor Jason Atta Kwei Arday, the Ghanaian community in the UK, and other dignitaries for a memorial service in Southwark, UK.
In a post, Mr. Ablakwa described the service as deeply moving and unforgettable, held in honour of the late professor’s memory.
According to him, in keeping with the government’s pledge, he joined the family, Ghana’s High Commissioner to London, British MPs, Ministers, the Mayor of London, Cambridge scholars, Prof. Arday’s students and loved ones to pay respects and honour his inspiring legacy.
Mr. Ablakwa noted that Prof. Arday’s accomplishments as the youngest Black professor appointed at the University of Cambridge and his widely appreciated charitable contributions will continue to inspire generations.
“The Government and People of Ghana will continue to stand by our compatriots everywhere they are in the world. As we do so, we profess our commitment to justice, equality and the creation of a new world,” he said.
He prayed for fortitude for the family in what he described as an extraordinarily difficult time.
“We shall always remember Prof. Arday for his response when asked what he will wish to do to change the world: ‘I would take a thread and a needle, and I’d interweave love into our society’,” Mr. Ablakwa added.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
