News:
January 22, 2025
The Minority in Parliament is demanding policy clarification from the first gentleman of the land, H. E. President John Dramani Mahama on the appointment of Colonel Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, Special envoy to the Alliance of Sahelian states which is against Ghana’s foreign policy of non-alliance.
According to the Minority, Ghana is a member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a very important member as such which Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have opted out of.
Hon Patrick Yaw Boamah addressing a press conference on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, the question, “are we changing some aspects of our foreign policy programme which has been in existence since late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, our first President’s time?
We want to find out from the president what this envoy will be doing in case of the ECOWAS protocol and other treaties we have established”.
Again, Ghana is non-aligned; we want to understand our new foreign policy from the president. We do not want backlash from some of our multilateral partners who are against military rule.
“We know ECOWAS is in discussion with the three Sahel countries before the previous administration of the NPP exited, Ghana was in some talks with our Sahel brothers; has this shifted as a first major policy?” He queried.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com