The Head of Corporate Communications of Ecobank Ghana, Patricia Sappor, has underscored the need for accurate and quality financial reporting in the country.
According to her, accurate reporting could help improve investor confidence in the country’s economy.
She said quality financial reporting helps companies to appreciate the impact of financial figures in effective decision making and the investor community also benefits immensely.
Ms Sappor made this known in a speech read on her behalf by the Head of Zone 7 of Ecobank Ghana, Abraham Adu-Kwarteng, at an advance training workshop for financial journalists in Kumasi organized by Journalists for Business Advocasy (JBA) with support from Ecobank Ghana and the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
The workshop was aimed at building the capacity of media practitioners to promote businesses and issues related to finance and economic development in the country.
Participants were taken through topics such as monetary policy, promoting financial stability, regulation of microfinance industry, interpreting financial statements and the role of journalists in economic reporting.
Ms Sappor disclosed that the pan-African bank was not only delighted to be associated with JBA, but proud to be a major sponsor for the workshop.
“Indeed, the training sessions and seminars have been geared towards improving reportage of journalists and we are very pleased to see the impact of our support as the quality of reporting over the period has been enriched,” she declared.
Suleman Mustapha, President of JBA, said the aim of the training programme was to sharpen the skills of the members to provide timely and accurate information to the business community, especially to the Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs), to make the right business decisions.
He commended management of Ecobank Ghana for the three-year sponsorship package to improve the competence of the members through training.
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