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New executive for Abbosey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association
● Some of the new executives
A 14- member executive of Abbosey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association in Accra has been sworn into office with a call on members to rally behind the officials to enable the association to succeed.
The new executives who are mandated to serve a four-year- tenure, pledged to uphold the ideals of the association and promote the interest of all.
Addressing the gathering, the immediate past Co-Chairman of the association, Mr Ampadu Siaw, asked members to create a conducive working environment in order to remain in business.
He said his administration had established a complaint centre to help resolve concerns of customers. “ Let’s, therefore, allow the system to work for the mutual benefit of all,” he said.
He thanked the District Police Command and the Municipal Authority for their respective assistance to the association and its members. He added that it was refreshing to note that theft cases had subsided in the area.
Mr Siaw called on members who had not registered with the association to do so in order to get a sound revenue base to operate effectively.
He was not happy with the manner in which valuable spare parts were carried on motorcycles and delivered to customers, stressing that the new administration should work hard in curbing the practice.
He bemoaned the gross indiscipline of members who traded on the streets resulting in the congestion of the area as well as those who repaired cars on the streets.
He said the executive had realised and invested GHC 37,000.00 in the association and called on the new executive to work hard and move the association forward.
The Chairman of the new executive, Mr Henry Okyere Juniour also thanked the members for the confidence reposed in his team and promised to give Abbosey Okai a “new look and assured all that he would work hard in promoting the interest of members.
The Chief of Abbosey Okai, Nii Abbosey ll, appealed to the executive to consider the creation of an ultramodern car park and asked members to support the new executive to succeed.
Responding to a request made by the District Command of Police for logistics to facilitate its operations, a patron of the executive, Mr Kofata, promised to donate a motorbike.
By Raymond Kyekye
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113 Cardinals hold 3rd General Congregation in Rome
The 113 Cardinals present in Rome held the third General Congregation on Thursday morning, and announced who will deliver the two pre-conclave meditations.
The Cardinals decided that Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández will celebrate the Mass on the sixth day of the Novemdiales, instead of Cardinal Kevin Farrell.
They agreed that Fr. Donato Ogliari, O.S.B., Abbot of St. Paul Outside the Walls, will deliver the first meditation on Monday, and that Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, Preacher Emeritus of the Papal Household, will deliver the second meditation at the beginning of the conclave, whose starting date has not yet been decided.
The Cardinals began a conversation about the Church and the world, deciding to hold the next General Congregation on Friday morning at 9:00 AM.
The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, told journalists that 61,000 people have paid their respects to the late Pope Francis as of 1:00 PM on Thursday, adding that St. Peter’s Basilica should close at midnight on Thursday, unless large crowds are still queuing to enter.
Following the Pope’s funeral on Saturday, April 26, a Rosary will be held in front of the Basilica of St. Mary Major on Saturday at 9:00 PM.
Mr. Bruni said the burial service for Pope Francis will take place in private.
Starting the morning of Sunday, April 27, the faithful may begin to visit the tomb of Pope Francis at the Marian Basilica.
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GEXIM deepens relations with US EXIM Bank
A management team of the Ghana Export – Import Bank (GEXIM) led by the Acting Chief Executive, Sylvester Mensah met with the leadership of the Export–Import Bank of the United States (US EXIM) on Wednesday April 23, 2025 in Washington DC, United States of America.
The Acting President and Chairman of US EXIM, Mr. James C. Cruse and Vice President, International Relations, Ms. Isabel Galdiz received the GEXIM delegation, which included Deputy CEO for Banking, Mr. Moses Klu Mensah and Head of International Cooperation, Mr. Jonathan Christopher Koney at the headquarters of US EXIM.
The meeting offered the GEXIM team the opportunity to share the strategic direction of the Bank in line with the resetting agenda of the President of the Republic, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama for the repositioning of the Ghanaian economy into an export-led one by providing the requisite investment to Ghanaian businesses.
Mr. James C. Cruse expressed US EXIM’s eagerness to deepen its existing relations with GEXIM and proposed the signing of a new Cooperative Framework Agreement following the expiration of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2019 to utilize US EXIM’s medium term loan guarantees to procure machinery by GEXIM for qualified Ghanaian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
Mr.Sylvester Mensah thanked the Acting President and Chairman of US EXIM for hosting the GEXIM delegation and reaffirmed the Ghanaian government’s commitment to strengthening trade and investment between Ghana and its global partners for economic transformation of Ghana with GEXIM playing a pivotal role.
The two teams will be meeting on the sidelines of the 2025 US EXIM Annual Conference on 29th and April 30, 2025 to explore possible areas of collaboration and matching Ghanaian businesses to American companies. The meeting ended with an exchange of gifts.
