Nicholls pays farewell call

Page 31: January 22, 2008.
Story: Albert K. Salia

THE outgoing Political, Press and Public Affairs Secretary of the British High Commission in Accra, Mr Gary Nicholls, says Ghana has come far in its democratic development.
He said Ghanaians should, therefore, be proud of the country considering where it came from and where it was now.
Mr Nicholls stated this when he paid a farewell call on the Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Mr Ibrahim Awal, in Accra yesterday.
He said his stay in the country had been an enlightening experience considering the fact that it was his first work experience in Africa.
Mr Nicholls expressed his appreciation to the management of GCGL for the support the company’s newspapers, particularly its flagship, Daily Graphic, rendered to the High Commission.
He described the Daily Graphic as always being fair, balanced and transparent in its reportage.
He expressed the hope that his successor would come to build on the relationship and extend it for the mutual benefit of both organisations.
Mr Nicholls said he looked forward to an exchange programme between journalists of the GCGL and their British counterparts.
He explained that such an exchange programme would also enable the British journalists to learn more not only about Ghana but West Africa as a whole to enhance their reporting on the sub-region.
He said during his four-and-half-year stay in the country, the High Commission collaborated with the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to organise a series of training programmes to improve the capacity of Ghanaian journalists.
Mr Awal expressed the appreciation of the management of the GCGL to the British High Commission for the support it granted the company in relation to visas and scholarships.
He expressed the hope that Mr Nicholls successor would continue to collaborate with the company to move the relationship higher.