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The Christ the King Parish yesterday bid farewell to Rev. Father Campbell, who retired from priestly duties after 50 years of service to the church in Ghana.
Before his retirement at 75, he had served as the Parish Priest of the Christ the King Parish for 12 years.
The farewell Mass climaxed the 70th anniversary celebration of the Christ the King Parish, which was commemorated with a special Mass at the forecourt of the church at Cantonments in Accra.
The year-long anniversary was launched on February 14, 2021 on the theme: “Celebrating our faith and love: Doing something beautiful for God”.
It was attended by the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Bagbin; the wife of the Vice-President, Mrs Samira Bawumia; the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey; the wife of a late former Vice-President, Mrs Matilda Amissah Arthur; the Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, Monsignor Henyk Mieczyslaw Jagodzinski; a former Anglican Archbishop of Accra, the Most Rev Justice Ofei Akrofi, an
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• Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo, speaking at the launch of the National Cocoa Week. Picture: NII MARTEY M. BOTCHWAY
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today join the national campaign for increased consumption of cocoa products.
The President is expected to release a pre-recorded video in which he is featured sharing his involvement with chocolate and other cocoa products and his appeal to the public to consume cocoa products for health and vitality.
The Public Affairs Manager of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Mr Fiifi Boafo, said President Akufo-Addo’s message is part of special campaign messages from the country’s top leaders encouraging the public to consume more cocoa-sourced products.
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Ensuring gender equality, equity and empowerment is a shared responsibility, the wife of the Vice-President, Mrs Samira Bawumia, has said.
She said commemorating the International Women’s Day was a reminder of the collective goal to choose to challenge the status quo.
Mrs Bawumia, who described herself as a passionate advocate for gender equity, women’s health and empowerment, was delivering the keynote address at a seminar to commemorate International Women’s Day at the Residence of the French Ambassador in Accra yesterday.
The 2021 commemoration was on the theme: “Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.”