RD ADVISES QUEENS

The Regional Director, who was also the Chairman at the Queens end of year party used the occasion to advise the queens. According to him, our motto....UNITY & LOVE should reflect in anything we do. We should avoid attitudes which will lead to division and hatred amongst us........"For united we stand, divided we fall".

I pray that all the queens present will heed to that advice.

More pictures from End of year party

Hard working queens were given presents to motivate them to work harder.....not only that....it will also encourage other queens to put in more effort for the club.

• Queen Nada receiving her present from the Welfare Chairman.

Eastern Queens End of Year Party

The Power Queens Club in the Eastern Region had its end of year party at the Kama Plaza on the 20th December 2008. Folks, it was fun... fun.... fun and there were lots to eat and drink. We danced till day break. The Regional Director, the Human Resource Manager, Welfare chairman, Union Chairman, and SSA representatives were there to grace the occasion. The men were not left out.......they bought tickets @ GH10.00 and joined the queens to make merry.
The queens have requested for an 'encore' this year.

BEST WORKER AWARDS 2008

ECG organised its 6th Best Worker Awards ceremony yesterday, 12th December, 2008. Nineteen (19) best workers were awarded with certificates and cash prizes by the company.
The Special Guest of Honour was Mr C S Tetteh, the Director of Finance and currently the Oversight Director for the Eastern Region.
This year, only three queens were part of the award winners. This is only about 16% of the total number of the award winners.
Folks...., luckily, I was part of the award winners..o...o...o."won't you clap for me?" clap! calp! clap!
Fellow Queens, please tighten your belts and work harder to help the company to move forward!!! Who knows...???? You may also grab an award.

STRESSFUL CONDITIONS OF WOMANHOOD

A two (2) day programme dubbed "Stressful Conditions of womanhood pervalent among female staff" is being organized for the queens in the Eastern Region. This propramme is aimed at sensitizing and encouraging participants to recognize symptoms of stress and the proactive ways of dealing with them before generating into chronic diseases.

We are grateful to management for such a wonderful programme.

Boogie time

The Power Queens Club organized a dinner dance in aid of the Ghana Heart Foundation at the College of Physicians and Surgeons last Friday, 21st November, 2008 to round off the celebration of its 20th Anniversary. The ticket was twenty Ghana Cedis (GH¢20.00) per person and the target was GH¢30,000.00.

***Guess which people are on their dancing shoes.......Queens Josephine, Belinda and Patricia [with broad back showing to the camera] and Mr C.S Tetteh.

QUEENS GO ANCIENT

Are these women really OLD LADIES???? Look very well. What will you call the man standing behind them??? Old Gentleman??????

QUEENS ADOPT ORPHANAGE

****Picture shows the former President, Queen Cynthia handing over items to the father of the home.

*** The queens having a good time with the orphans.

The Power Queens Club in the Eastern Region has adopted the Hour of Grace Orphanage at Huhunya in the Eastern Region. We had our last year Christmas party with them and presented them with items worth thirteen thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢1300.00). The kids were very happy. Every child had a pack of fried rice with a quarter chicken, malts, toffees, biscuits, Christmas hat and many more. We really had a very good time with them.

many many years ago......

Queens in their ceremonial cloths in the 80's

10 Y ears Ago.........

#The cutting of the 10th Anniversary cake by vice president, Pat Doudo supported by Queens Margaret

#Donation to the Central Hospital

#clean up exercise

20 Years of Power Queens

# Queens at beach party

20 YEARS OF POWER QUEENS

*Boogie time with former RHRM, Mr Afranie in 2000


*Food fair at the Boti Falls organized by the Power Queens Club-Eastern in 2005.

Still Young Betty-

The Assembly woman for Adweso, Mile 50 area, Mrs Betty Quartey Papafio was very active during the 10km walk. She is currently the supervisor at the Data Unit.

Check her aerobics skills..... oh yea..... go Betty......go Betty ..... go Betty....

More Pictures

Eastern Queens for You

Royal Thought for the Day

'To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did' When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better. Concentrate on this sentence..... 'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.' Something good will happen to you today.

Thanksgiving Service In Pictures

Health Walk

The Queens embarked on health walk last Saturday. The day coincided with World Heart Day. We joined the Regional Hospital staff, medical students from Ghana Medical School, the Regional Minister and other important personalities to walk a distance of 10km through the principal streets of Koforidua.
HEALTH TALK
After the walk, we gathered at the Apenteng Hall for a Health Talk by Dr. Kusi Appiah from the Central Hospital in K'dua. He warned us about bad eating habits which are harmful to the heart.
We were advised to exercise at least 30minutes everyday to put the heart in 'good shape'. According to him, exercise prevents about 50 percent of diseases.
We gathered at a popular base, had fufu and ebunubunu with crabs, snails and mushrooms. We really had a good time with assorted drinks as well.
RED WINE
....Folks, I just remembered......... The doctor said red wine is good for the heart. Are you 'anti-alcohol????? Please think about this!!! Remember, he said just a little to 'grease' the heart is okey.

Mass Disconnection

As part of our 20th Anniversary Week celebration, we embarked on intensive revenue collection exercise for the Company.
On Tuesday, 23rd September, 2008, with five dockets in hand (i.e Regional Office), the first batch of queens went out with the disconnectors to disconnect many customers. The same thing happened in the following districts:-
Oda, Asamankese, Tafo, Akwatia, Kibi, Nkawkaw, Donkorkrom, Suhum, New Abirem, Asesewa,
Begoro and Mpraeso.
On Wednesday, we the second batch of queens also set off for the continuation of the mass disconnection. I personally disconnected 22 customers as Asokore.
On Thursday, with the assistance of the Regional Director, Mr Arthur Forson, we were given the information pick up and many leaflets or handouts on power conservation. We moved to the markets and had a chit chat with customers. Before we set off, we were given a detailed 'tuition' by Sam, (BPO) so we did not give them wrong 'apo'. Most of them complained about the frequent outages without warning, delay in the acquisition of a separate meter and wrong billing.
Customers living in compound houses appealed to us to make more meters available to them.
Item 13
Our RD blessed us with delicious Item 13 from the Chris Cafe Restaurant to welcome us back from the customer education. Isn't he a darling?????..... May he live long!!! Amen
Today, is the Africa Mama's Day. We have put on our nice African Wear to make a presentation to the Company. It is also supposed to be a staff durbar day so we invited Dr Addy to give us a health talk on the eye BUT a staff is being buried today and most of us are on our way to bid him farewell. With a Power Queens delegation of three, they have joined the RD and others to Akwatia for the funeral.
Tomorrow is keep fit and Health Walk through the Koforidua municipality from 6.00am. From keep fit to 'Ebunuebunu' with fufu buffet. Do you wanna join???Ha ha ha!!!!!

***In the picture is myself (in yellow) and Maggie Hammond (with microphone) in hand educating some customers

The National President's Special Message on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Power Queens Club.

Mr. Chairman, distinguished guest and fellow Queens, twenty years ago, on the 24th of September, 1988 to be precise, the Power Queens Club, an association of female workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana was inaugurated. Since then a lot of water has passed under the bridge.

In a very modest and humble way we have chalked one success after the other. Admittedly, the challenges of the past years were enormous but not insurmountable. The fact that we are all at post today is a proof of God’s guidance and power and this should enable us confront the years ahead with hope and great expectation.

For the twenty years that the club has been in existence, it has been engaged in various programmes including Adult Education, sports, charity work, revenue mobilization and employee motivational drives.

Under adult education, we have organized programmes aimed at educating the public on the usefulness as well as the most economical and safest ways of utilizing electricity.
We have also organized seminars and training programmes for Queens at the training school and in the various regions.

In our contribution towards revenue collection, we inexhaustibly promoted “Campaign to enhance the image of ECG” which was launched by the then Managing Director, Mr. Kalitsi during the inauguration of the Western and Central regional branches of the club at Takoradi on the 26th of May 1989. This Campaign was aimed at motivating employees of ECG to aspire to greater heights. We must continue to deploy every conceivable and legitimate means to collect our revenues, including customer debts.

As mothers, we have always contributed our widow’s mite to the less fortunate in society by making donations. Again almost all the branches have adopted homes or wards in hospitals where we visit every year with gift items and cash donations.
Another feather in our cap was our excellence in sporting activities.

In conclusion, I highly commend the efforts and contribution of all Queens in making the club a unique one and ECG a better Company. For accelerated change and development in the company, let us focus on how to help speed up the process of delivering our products and services to our customers. Let us resolve to act and act to bring smiles to the faces of our customers since most of us are front liners.

I also wish to express my profound gratitude to members who have retired honorably from active service and to pay my respects to Queens who have passed on to glory.

Let us resolve to be creators of opportunities and mistresses of change and not victims of them; let the years ahead see one of us as the overall BEST WORKER and not runners up; let us continue to reaffirm our trust and confidence in promoting the UNITY AND LOVE and in making ECG a better place than we met it.

I say mo ne yo ,
Ayekoo.

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