TIGO ORGANISES HEALTH WALK FOR CUSTOMERS (PAGE 29)

Millicom Ghana, operators of the TiGo network in the country, last week Saturday organised a health walk for its customers, residents and corporate bodies in the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis.
The walk was aimed at promoting the health of the participants.
The Territory Marketing Co-ordinator of TiGo, Nana Yaw R. Appiah, said the company instituted the walk because “we cannot be dealing with people and our focus should be only on how to maximise profit. We also need to keep our customers and the nation alive and healthy, since it is through a healthy body that corporate Ghana can triumph,” he said.
The more than 18-kilometre walk, started at about 6a.m. from the Takoradi Gulf Club on the beach road through the Ecobank Roundabout, Takoradi Port area, to the Paa-Grant Roundabout, the market circle, Nkrumah roundabout and the Old Axim road and back to the starting point.
It was well patronised by the media, students, residents, banks and other corporate bodies in the metropolis.
Nana Appiah said daily economic activities left the citizenry with little time to embark on such walks.
He expressed the hope of the company and its sponsors that even though it would be an annual affair “the impact we made on the people is that at least we made the public aware of the importance of initiatives to keep fit.”
“Before we gather again for such a wonderful and healthy exercise next year, we encourage the people to spare 20 or 30 minutes to walk daily just to keep them ready for the day’s work,” he said.
For their part, the sponsors expressed their gratitude for the opportunity to inspire their customers to aspire for good health.
The Regional Manager for Healthi-Life Beverages, a local beverage company, Mr Elvis Blankson, commended the people in the twin-city for their massive turnout not only to support the event but for their own health.
“The only thing we could do for ourselves is to keep exercising regularly to ensure that we sweat out of the system excess fat to ensure our fitness,” he said.
There were also competitions and musicals at the end of the walk and some participants won prizes of Cow Bell and Healthy Life products as well as fully connected TiGo mobile phones and other products.