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Youth urged to acquire skills training for future opportunities
Apostle Ohenekess
The Head Pastor and Founder of Dunamis Word Mission International Church at Fiapre, near Sunyani in the Bono Region, Dr Richard Ohenekess, has asked the youth to prioritise skills acquisition and training to be ready for opportunities that may come their way.
He said it was wrong for young people to be consumed by the desire to acquire money or wealth at all cost.
“The youth must rather be focused on building their capacities to take their future in their own hands.”
He gave the advice in his sermon during the Sunday service.
Apostle Ohenekess said money and material things can only come when the youth eschew laziness and work very hard in whatever venture they find themselves in.
The Head Pastor noted that introduction and acceptance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has in a way reduced job opportunities with one person performing the functions of about three people in the pre- ICT era.
That, he said should be a cause for concern for the teeming youth to strive to attain skills training to meet the demands of the modern job market or become entrepreneurs.
“Institutions and organisations are no longer looking for just anyone with academic qualifications.
They’re now searching for people with special skills and talent coupled with an ability to perform.”
“Your skills and ability to deliver would set you apart from others. You must demonstrate your capacity and ability to deliver in a certain specialty and that would open several doors for you, “he emphasised.
Apostle Ohenekess quoted the scriptures from 1 Samuel 16:14, Exodus 35:35, and Proverbs 22:29 to buttress his claim.
He expressed regret that graduates nowadays have refused to sacrifice a little for a better tomorrow, thinking it is a waste of their time but that period, he noted could be an avenue for their breakthrough.
From Daniel Dzirasah, Fiapre.
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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.
