Brong Ahafo Regional Hospital Credit Union is open to public

Sunyani, Feb. 10, GNA - Mr Frederick Appiah Kubi, Manager of the Brong-Ahafo Regional Hospital Co-operative Credit Union (BARHCCUS) has indicated that membership of the union is open to the public and not restricted to only workers of the hospital.

He observed that a viable credit union thrives on high membership, and this called for the need to open up the facility's common bond to broaden its membership base.

Mr Appiah Kubi was speaking at this year's Annual Performance Review meeting of the Brong Ahafo Regional Hospital in Sunyani.

He said from an initial membership of 288, in 2013, the membership increased to 651 in 2014 and further soared to 805 by the end of December, 2015 whiles posting a growth rate of 19.13% during the year under review.

The BARHCCUS Manager said management was putting in place a strategy to reach out to as many people as possible in the Sunyani Municipality and its adjoining suburbs like Penkwase, Nkwabeng, New Dormaa, Kotokrom, Yawhima and Chiraa to rope in more members.

Mr. Appiah Kubi assured the general public that BARHCCUS was duly registered by law under the Co-operative Act and affiliated to the Credit Unions Association of Ghana (CUA).

'We want to make BARHCCUS, a household name in the financial environment of the region and even beyond, in the next five years so rush and become part of this unique happy family,' he said.

GNA