Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell on Tuesday mentioned Grenada shall be supporting Ghana’s overseas affairs minister to change into the following Secretary Basic of the Commonwealth when the election is held in October.
The Commonwealth is a voluntary affiliation of 56 unbiased and equal nations in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific. It’s dwelling to one-third of the world’s inhabitants and consists of each superior economies and creating nations.
Earlier this month Ghana’s International Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey launched a bid to switch the Dominican-born Dame Patricia Scotland, who served two phrases on the head of then London-based Commonwealth grouping.
Up to now, no different contender has emerged for the highest publish forward of the scheduled October 22 election. A Commonwealth Secretary-Basic can serve a most of two phrases of 4 years every.
“I shall be publicly indicating that now we have pledged to the President of Ghana that we are going to be supporting the distinguished nomination of the overseas minister of Ghana to steer the commonwealth when that point arises,” Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell instructed a joint sitting of the Decrease and Higher Home after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana addressed the sitting.
He’s the primary African president to formally go to Grenada because the Nineteen Eighties and is the visitor of honour for the fiftieth Independence celebrations on Wednesday.
The joint sitting of Parliament allowed legislators to “file fervent independence needs to all residents of the State of Grenada.” The sitting was preceded by a army parade with the Ghanaian head of state inspected the guards.
In his handle, President Akufo-Add mentioned that whereas Grenada and different Caribbean folks could have began life as slaves, their contribution made to the event of the western hemisphere can’t be matched.
He pointed to the innovations of Black folks comparable to Voice over Web Protocol (VoIP), closed-circuit tv (CCTV) and caller identification on telephones, saying these innovations have change into integral to world improvement.
The Ghanaian head of state expressed his appreciation for the excessive customary of hospitality being skilled in Grenada and used the event to increase an invite to Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell to formally go to Ghana.
“I sit up for returning this hospitality in Accra and he higher hurry up and are available as a result of I’m within the final 12 months of my two-term tenure of eight years as Ghana’s president,” he instructed legislators.
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