Ghanaians have been exhorted to adopt the habit of reading in order to widen their knowledge and abilities and contribute to the country’s growth.
Mr Daniel Afadu, Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in charge of Administration and Labour Relations, expressed regret that Ghanaians’ attitude toward reading had deteriorated in recent years, adding that people buy books but do not read them, leaving them on the shelves to collect dust. Mr Afadu was addressing in Accra on Wednesday at the presentation of a book written by Mr Chris Gordon Dankwah, Head of GNAT’s Estate Department.
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The 118-page book ‘Web of Broken Trust,’ which focuses on Ghanaian society’s moral degeneration, is the winner. Some of the other books are ‘Mother Hen, Egg and the Hawk’ and ‘Ananse and Subruku, the Monster’. Mr Afadu said reading was the act of identifying the various combination of words and linking them together in a usually comprehensive manner.
He noted that the subject of reading in our environment was closely associated with the work of the Christian Missionaries In what became the Gold Coast, adding that Ghanaians had nevertheless grasped the opportunities opened to them through the medium of reading literacy and modern education.
He said that the ability of people to read is a measure of their level of basic literacy and that foreign investors could use this as an index of the investment potential of a country. Mrs. Irene Duncan-Adanusah, former President of the GNAT, said reading was a key component in acquiring skills and urged students and young people to develop a keen interest in reading.
She commended Mr. Dankwah for coming up with such an inspirational book and called for support from all quarters to enable him to write more books. Mrs. Duncan-Adanusah urged parents to encourage their wards to read and also provide them with the requisite platforms to expand their horizons.
