General News of Monday, 19 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Mona Quartey has been hailing Sam Jonah• She said Sam Jonah brought so many changes to AGC• She added, Jonah gave the women equal opportunity as the menMona Quartey, a former Deputy Minister of Finance, says Sam Jonah, Knight of the British Empire (KBE), whilst he was the CEO of Ashanti Goldfields Company (AGC), was very good in ensuring that women within the mining sector are part of decision making. She said, even as the head of Treasury herself, she ensured that many opportunities were opened to women to be able to enter into the mining space. Mona Quartey noted that it was during the period of Sam Jonah that a lot of females were recruited into AGC, which many of the underground miners were unhappy to see the women in their space due to some credulous beliefs. “So there was a glass wall that had to be broken and he did it in a nice way. He actually made us do it ourselves,” Mona Quartey stressed.

Source: GhanaWeb July 19, 2021 06:33 UTC