Staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA) at the  Aboadze Power enclave, on Monday, held their end -of- year thanksgiving service  at the Calvary Methodist Church, Aboadze in the Shama District of the Western Region.

The event was to celebrate the favours God had showered on the authority in 2021.

With songs of praises from the Calvary Choir, an engineer, Felix Tetteh, led the congregation in a  bidding prayer to praise   God for  the blessings, mercies and the grace throughout the year.

They prayed for God’s guidance for the board,  management and staff and all public servants in the country in the coming year.

Dwelling on Colossians 7 :17   to deliver his sermon, the Superintendent Minister of the Abuesi Methodist Church,  Very Rev. Andrew Bassaw, noted that Christians had been called upon to give thanks to God everyday.

Similarly, he believed that, it was appropriate for VRA to give thanks to God, stressing that “employees  must give thanks to the  pioneers who had the dream to establish VRA, one of Africa’s foremost  power generators.”

“The 60 years celebration of VRA should have been celebrated nationwide for what the authority had done for the country,  it should have been massive celebration. Akosombo was established long time ago, but VRA continues to sustain the system and also provides power for the country. “ Very Rev. Bassaw added.

In a statement,  the  Chief Executive Officer of VRA, Mr  Emmanuel Antwi-Darkwa,  said “Today is a special day in our life as a corporate institution.  This is because today  gives us a special reason to come together to express our appreciation to the Almighty God for His Goodness and Mercies.” 

“Indeed, a heart without gratitude is a heart without remembrance. However, as Staff of VRA, we have made it a point to thank God always especially when the year draws to an end because we remember how far He has brought us.”

Mr Antwi -Darkwa explained that, “the thanksgiving had become a significant feature of our end of year activities hence  the event taking place at all VRA’s work locations”.

As 2021 drew to a close, he urged the staff to reflect on a year that turned out to be different than anyone could imagine, noting that, despite global uncertainties,  the sustainability plan had set VRA  firmly on the road to be a  public sector institution with a private sector mindset. 

He continued:“I am confident that as we have done with other challenges, we shall surmount it.COVID-19 might have slowed us down and delayed some of our planned projects, however, it certainly could not stop us from being resilient, neither could it stop us from carrying out our obligations to our major stakeholders.”

He said “Let us, therefore, use this Christmas break as an opportunity to reflect on the challenges we encountered this year and return with a desire to do better.  In particular, let us use our Sustainability Planas a guide in improving our operations. I urge each one  of us to continue to contribute towards enhancing productivity and cost reduction.”

From Clement Adzei Boye, Aboadze