The First Sky Group has held its 19th Anniversary and Thanksgiving Service to God for his goodness over the years.
The First Sky Group, a wholly owned Ghanaian holding entity, comprising subsidiaries with interests in hospitality, construction, insurance, banking, commodities, processing and in energy has a combined workforce of more than 3800 staff, stationed across the country.
Over the last 19 years, the Group has grown with active presence in key sectors of the economy identifying gaps and providing innovative business solutions to addressing them.
In his address at the 19th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service, the Founder and Executive Chairman of the First Sky Group, Dr. Eric Seddy Kutortse said the Group has made several interventions, particularly in the health sector, as a way of giving back to the Ghanaian society.
He said the First Sky Group has so far expended GH¢20 million on providing free dialysis treatment to patients at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.
The First Sky boss said his outfit is sponsoring the establishment and operationalization of a modern Kidney Transplant Centre in Ghana, believed to be first of its kind in West Africa, to serve patients within the country and the sub-region.
Dr. Kutortse said even though the Group felt the impact of the COVID-19, the company did not lose a member of staff nor was there a pay cut in the wages or salaries of staff nor were there any layoffs during the climax of the pandemic. “Rather, our numerical strength kept increasing with a group staff strength currently standing at 5,300 comprising permanent, casual, direct and indirect employees,” he added.
The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah who represented President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo commended the First Sky Group for its contribution to national development and assured that his administration will continue to provide enabling environment for the private sector to thrive.
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams, who also graced the occasion, admonished congregants to develop a lifestyle of gratitude and appreciation to God for his unending mercy towards humanity.
The 19th edition of the First Sky Group Anniversary Thanksgiving Service was attended by the Vice President of Liberia, Dr. Jewel Howard Taylor, senior members of the clergy, ministers of state, members of parliament, staff of First Sky Group and other stakeholders. The event was on the theme, ‘Out of God’s abundance, we have received grace upon grace – John 1:16’.
