By Paul Nsomba
BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Entrepreneurs have been pleaded to regularly organize moments of prayers for their workers as the word say ‘ fearing of God is the beginning of everything ‘ and employees who lack consciousness at work are detrimental towards business development.
Vicar general of the Catholic congregation of the archdiocese of Blantyre Monsignor Dr. Bornface Tamani said this during prayers organized by Mulli Brothers Limited group of companies headquarter in Blantyre.
Monsignor Dr Tamani emphasized the need to put God first as a main principal in business transaction saying, inculcating the attitude of loving prayers among workers has a significant contribution and that employees.
The vicar general however rushed to caution entrepreneurs and the general public to be mindful of taking care resources for the future generation, saying , the ‘ old generation’ our old parents preserved resources which are currently used today to make ends meet hence the need to observe modalities of conserving our resources.
Answering on what the vicar general meant in his sermon asking government to equally award national contracts to local Malawian business people, Monsignor Dr Tamani said for the country to develop economically, government should distribute contracts to local business people regardless party lines, tribe or region the one comes from.
Speaking at the same ceremony spritual chaplain of Mulli Brothers Limited Reverend Dr. Billy Gama concured with Monsignor on the goodness to prioritize God in every way describing it as of Paramount importance to execute business with the fear of God.
“Yes we organized prayers because the leadership believes in God and every thing is possible with God’s hand. Every year in all companies and subsidiaries open the season with prayers. This is very important because there is always a spirit of relying God when we go back to respective work place.
“We prayed for the survival of the company during the previous year and we also prayed for the leadership and every member of the staff individually for keeping all the companies alive,” Reverend Dr Gama elaborated.
In his remarks,on the future of the business amid covid 19 escalation at the moment and paralyzed business operations the previous year, Mulli Brothers Limited director Leston Mulli encouraged his counterparts to always find alternative opportunities when such challenges emerge other than letting the business suffocate and die natural death.
In his closing speech, the director of Mulli Brothers Limited announced that every congregant take home a 50 kg bag of maize apart from receiving each a parcel of assorted items while choirs were added MK200,000:00 on top of MK50,000:00 each individual choir received
The prayers attracted choirs including Omba Lipenga, Mulanje Mission Praise Team, Heaven Door choir and Kachere Youth choir which sung soul soothing songs.