News:
March 21, 2018
Speaker of Parliament announce to the House in accordance with the constitution of the Republic of Ghana that, President Nana Akuffo-Addo has left Ghana to attend an extraordinary Summit of the Assembly of Heads of States and government of the African Union which will be held in Rwanda Wednesday.
The Extraordinary Summit will witness the signing of an agreement that will launch the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), intended to make Africa “the largest free trade area created since the formation of the World Trade Organisation.”
The president was accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, the Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, and officials of the Presidency and the Foreign Ministry.
“The President will return to Ghana on Wednesday, 21. March, 2018, and in his absence, the Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, shall, in accordance with Article 60(8) of the Constitution, act in his stead,” the Speaker said.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com