President Akufo-Addo Meets UK Labour Party Leader
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 16th April, 2018, met with the leader of the UK’s
Labour Party and leader of the Opposition, Rt. Hon Jeremy Corbyn, MP,
on the sidelines of the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting,
currently ongoing in the United Kingdom.
In the meeting, President Akufo-Addo noted that Ghana
and the United Kingdom continue to maintain strong bonds of friendship
and co-operation, adding that the UK remains one of Ghana's most
significant trading partners, and a major source of Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI).
Again, as members of the Commonwealth, the President
noted that Ghana and the United Kingdom continue to share common values
of democratic accountability, good governance, respect for individual
liberties and human rights, and the rule of law.
President Akufo-Addo and Jeremy Corbyn also discussed
issues bordering on the deepening of democracy amongst member states of
the Commonwealth, the worsening humanitarian crises in the Democratic
Republic of Congo and Syria, United Nations Reforms, in particular
reform of the UN Security Council, BREXIT, an increase in trade
co-operation between Ghana and the UK, and migration.
Touching on the problem of migration, President
Akufo-Addo noted that the structure of most of the economies on Africa,
including Ghana, have been dependent, largely, on the production and
export of raw materials.
These economies, the President noted, cannot create
opportunities, wealth and prosperity for the African peoples, a
situation which has fuelled the waves of migration of African youths
from the Continent, who move to Europe in search of jobs.
It is for this reason, President Akufo-Addo told
Jeremy Corbyn, that Ghana had decided to turn its back on the “old
economy”, and focus her energies on building an industrialised,
value-added economy, with a modernised agriculture, which takes full
advantage of the digital revolution.
The President added that discussion on migrations and
refugees cannot be complete without also including discussion about the
nature of African economies, as it is only such a comprehensive
discussion, which leads to appropriate policies, that will enable
satisfactory solutions to be found to the crises of refugees and
migration, especially from the African continent.
President Akufo-Addo invited the Labour Party leader,
whose parliamentary constituency of Islington North has a high
concentration of Ghanaians, to visit Ghana later in the year, an
invitation which was warmly accepted by Jeremy Corbyn.
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 16th April, 2018, met with the leader of the UK’s
Labour Party and leader of the Opposition, Rt. Hon Jeremy Corbyn, MP,
on the sidelines of the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting,
currently ongoing in the United Kingdom.
In the meeting, President Akufo-Addo noted that Ghana
and the United Kingdom continue to maintain strong bonds of friendship
and co-operation, adding that the UK remains one of Ghana's most
significant trading partners, and a major source of Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI).
Again, as members of the Commonwealth, the President
noted that Ghana and the United Kingdom continue to share common values
of democratic accountability, good governance, respect for individual
liberties and human rights, and the rule of law.
President Akufo-Addo and Jeremy Corbyn also discussed
issues bordering on the deepening of democracy amongst member states of
the Commonwealth, the worsening humanitarian crises in the Democratic
Republic of Congo and Syria, United Nations Reforms, in particular
reform of the UN Security Council, BREXIT, an increase in trade
co-operation between Ghana and the UK, and migration.
Touching on the problem of migration, President
Akufo-Addo noted that the structure of most of the economies on Africa,
including Ghana, have been dependent, largely, on the production and
export of raw materials.
These economies, the President noted, cannot create
opportunities, wealth and prosperity for the African peoples, a
situation which has fuelled the waves of migration of African youths
from the Continent, who move to Europe in search of jobs.
It is for this reason, President Akufo-Addo told
Jeremy Corbyn, that Ghana had decided to turn its back on the “old
economy”, and focus her energies on building an industrialised,
value-added economy, with a modernised agriculture, which takes full
advantage of the digital revolution.
The President added that discussion on migrations and
refugees cannot be complete without also including discussion about the
nature of African economies, as it is only such a comprehensive
discussion, which leads to appropriate policies, that will enable
satisfactory solutions to be found to the crises of refugees and
migration, especially from the African continent.
President Akufo-Addo invited the Labour Party leader,
whose parliamentary constituency of Islington North has a high
concentration of Ghanaians, to visit Ghana later in the year, an
invitation which was warmly accepted by Jeremy Corbyn.
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