From Swedru to Mankessim: Growing Together as One
ECCU is a hybrid of community and church-based financial co-operative comprising of members from Swedru, Bawjiase, Kasoa, Mankessim, Akim Oda and its environs with the head office at Agona Swedru, Agona West Municipal Assembly in the Central Region of Ghana.
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Emmuanel Cooperative Credit Union History
The idea to start a Credit Union in the Emmanuel Methodist Church was first mooted in 1987 by Right Reverend Justice K. A. Dadson, the then Minister of Swedru Methodist Society, to help members financially as the church alone could not assist members from the church coffers. The Union could not survive and collapsed in 1983 during the harsh economic crisis in the country.
In 1989, Very Reverend Kweku A. Abakah (of blessed memory) saw how teachers in and around Agona Swedru were benefiting from the Swedru Teachers’ Co-operative Credit Union. He appointed Bro. J. K. Amuah to revive the Credit Union in the church to assist members in times of need. A five-member Interim Management Committee (IMC) was appointed to manage the union in the Church. They were the late Mr. D. K. Asiedu (Chairman), Very Reverend Emmanuel Aggrey-Ogoe (Vice Chairman), Mrs. Mabel Amuah (Secretary), the late Mr. J. K. Amuah (Treasurer) and the late Mr. J. A. Williams as a member. The Treasurer, who was manager of Swedru Teachers Credit Union educated the Committee members in the requisite Credit Union operations.