{"id":5977,"date":"2025-12-24T11:19:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T11:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/?p=5977"},"modified":"2025-12-24T11:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T11:19:03","slug":"ministry-of-foreign-affairs-holds-nine-lessons-and-christmas-carols-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-holds-nine-lessons-and-christmas-carols-service\/","title":{"rendered":"MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOLDS NINE LESSONS AND CHRISTMAS CAROLS SERVICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, 22<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nd<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0December 2025, held its annual Nine Lessons and Christmas Carols Service as part of activities marking the end of the year.\u00a0It\u00a0brought together management and staff of the Ministry, as well as representatives of the Diplomatic Corps, Members of Parliament, retired\u00a0Foreign Service Officers\u00a0in an atmosphere of reflection,\u00a0thanksgiving\u00a0and celebration.\u00a0Scripture readings\u00a0and\u00a0traditional Christmas carols\u00a0highlighted the message of hope,\u00a0peace\u00a0and goodwill.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Honourable Samuel\u00a0Okudzeto\u00a0Ablakwa\u00a0expressed appreciation\u00a0to the Staff of the Ministry\u00a0for their\u00a0dedication and hard work throughout the year. He noted that the Christmas season\u00a0provides\u00a0an opportunity to reflect on shared values of unity,\u00a0service\u00a0and compassion, while renewing commitment to the Ministry\u2019s mandate in the year ahead.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As part of the service, the Honourable Minister honoured\u00a0Messrs. Oriel\u00a0Chinthaka\u00a0Ariyaratna\u00a0Paiyagala\u00a0Liyanage,\u00a0Evans\u00a0Aryeequaye\u00a0Attoh,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Philip Twum Nkansah\u00a0and\u00a0Mrs. Caroline Nkrumah-Appiah,\u00a0the\u00a0longest-serving\u00a0Locally Recruited Staff\u00a0at Ghana\u2019s Missions\u00a0in Paris,\u00a0Rome\u00a0and New York.\u00a0Their years of dedicated service span from 35 to 41 years.\u00a0The Minister acknowledged the critical role\u00a0Locally Recruited Staff\u00a0play in the effective functioning of Ghana\u2019s diplomatic Missions and\u00a0stated\u00a0that going forward, deserving\u00a0Locally Recruited Staff\u00a0would be honoured every year.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He used the opportunity to\u00a0convey\u00a0warmest compliments of the season to the staff of the Ministry.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, 22nd\u00a0December 2025, held its annual Nine Lessons and Christmas Carols Service as part of activities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5979,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5977\/revisions\/5979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}