{"id":1254681,"date":"2022-11-21T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T07:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/21\/economy-will-bounce-back-dr-bawumia\/"},"modified":"2022-11-21T07:00:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T07:00:59","slug":"economy-will-bounce-back-dr-bawumia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/21\/economy-will-bounce-back-dr-bawumia\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy will bounce back \u2014 Dr Bawumia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\"Economy<\/p>\n

\nEconomy will bounce back \u2014 Dr Bawumia <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Vice-President, Dr\u00a0<\/span>Mahamudu Bawumia,\u00a0<\/span>has expressed optimism\u00a0<\/span>that the economy will\u00a0<\/span>rebound from its\u00a0<\/span>challenges.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Addressing parishioners of the Our\u00a0<\/span>Lady of Mercy (OLAM) Catholic\u00a0<\/span>Church in Tema Community One to\u00a0<\/span>climax the 70th anniversary of the\u00a0<\/span>parish Sunday, Dr Bawumia said the\u00a0<\/span>government was pursuing a number of\u00a0<\/span>economic measures to address the\u00a0<\/span>challenges facing the economy.<\/span><\/p>\n

“As your government, we do\u00a0<\/span>recognise the difficulties and\u00a0<\/span>uncertainties we are experiencing in\u00a0<\/span>our country, but with renewed\u00a0<\/span>strength and hope in the Word of God,\u00a0<\/span>we are hopeful that we will ride the\u00a0<\/span>storm and turn things around.” he\u00a0<\/span>said, and quoted Psalm 9:10 and Isaiah\u00a0<\/span>40:31 from the Bible, which speak\u00a0<\/span>about trusting in the inexhaustible\u00a0<\/span>strength and power of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

The anniversary was on the theme:<\/span>“Honouring the past, celebrating the\u00a0<\/span>present and looking into the future\u00a0<\/span>with hope.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Commendation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Bawumia said the government\u00a0<\/span>appreciated the contributions of the\u00a0<\/span>Catholic Church to national\u00a0<\/span>development and commended it for its\u00a0<\/span>contributions to the development and\u00a0<\/span>well-being of the people through the\u00a0<\/span>establishment of schools and health\u00a0<\/span>facilities, most of which had produced\u00a0<\/span>prominent Ghanaians and provided\u00a0<\/span>access to quality and affordable health<\/span>care. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Vice-President applauded the\u00a0<\/span>OLAM Parish for initiating the\u00a0<\/span>construction of a four-storey, multi-<\/span>purpose building, a skills development\u00a0<\/span>centre and a library for the\u00a0<\/span>community and donated GH\u00a250,000\u00a0<\/span>towards the project. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Archbishop of\u00a0<\/span>Accra, the Most Rev. John Bonaventure\u00a0<\/span>Kwofie, encouraged the parishioners to\u00a0<\/span>emulate the shining virtues of the\u00a0<\/span>Blessed Mary, their patroness, adding\u00a0<\/span>that she was a woman of faith, hope,\u00a0<\/span>humility, purity and love.<\/span><\/p>\n

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History<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

The OLAM Catholic Church, the\u00a0<\/span>first Catholic Church in Tema, started\u00a0<\/span>in 1952 as a seed with the exploratory\u00a0<\/span>visit of Rev. Fr Frans Mertens, Society\u00a0<\/span>of the Divine Word (SVD), and Jerome\u00a0<\/span>Amendah, a lay catechist. <\/span><\/p>\n

The first Holy Mass of the OLAM\u00a0<\/span>Catholic Church was held by Rev. Fr\u00a0<\/span>Mertens in the old UAC Store in Tema\u00a0<\/span>on Sunday, June 15, 1952. <\/span><\/p>\n

As the new Harbour City grew, the\u00a0<\/span>number of resident Catholics\u00a0<\/span>increased steadily, and that included\u00a0<\/span>Africans and expatriates, and the\u00a0<\/span>swelling number of parishioners\u00a0<\/span>necessitated the establishment of a\u00a0<\/span>bigger structure to accommodate\u00a0<\/span>them. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Catholic Church in Tema\u00a0<\/span>transited from an \u2018outstation\u2019 of Accra\u00a0<\/span>into a full-fledged parish in 1960.<\/span><\/p>\n

Growth<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Chairperson of the OLAM\u00a0<\/span>Parish Pastoral Council, Richard\u00a0<\/span>Akpokavie, said over the past 70 years,\u00a0<\/span>the parish had grown into a big and\u00a0<\/span>mighty tree that had many people of\u00a0<\/span>God enjoying the spiritual warmth\u00a0<\/span>that it offered.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the parish had, since its\u00a0<\/span>inception, transformed many lives\u00a0<\/span>through its social intervention\u00a0<\/span>projects, adding that the skills\u00a0<\/span>development centre under\u00a0<\/span>construction, when completed, would\u00a0<\/span>offer opportunities to the youth in the\u00a0<\/span>church and the community. <\/span><\/p>\n

Dignitaries present included the\u00a0<\/span>Minister for the Interior, Ambrose\u00a0<\/span>Dery; the Director-General of the\u00a0<\/span>National Lotteries Authority, Sammi\u00a0<\/span>Awuku; the Chief Executive Officer of\u00a0<\/span>the Coastal Development Authority\u00a0<\/span>(CODA), Jerry Ahmed Shaib, and the\u00a0<\/span>Member of Parliament for Tema\u00a0<\/span>Central, Yves Nii Hanson Nortey.<\/span><\/p>\n

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