Photos: Becca Wows Guests At Commonwealth Day Event
Ghanaian afropop singer Rebecca Akosua Acheampomaa Acheampong, known
mononymously as Becca wowed guests with a great performance to mark the
Commonwealth Day celebrations in Ghana.
Backed by a pianist on a grand piano at the British Council, Becca delivered a silky-laden performance of Ghana’s national anthem to rapturous applause.
Some of the dignitaries included the British High Commissioner to Ghana,
Iain Walker; Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Charles Owiredu, and Head
of the Commonwealth Office for the Africa region, John Apea.
Other high-profile guests who attended the event were
Sam Okudzeto, Member of the Council of State; Justice VCRAC Crabbe,
former Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana; Andrew Barnes, Australia
High Commissioner to Ghana, Rev. Sam Korankye-Ankrah who is the
Vice-President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Christian Council; Rev. Dr.
Joyce Aryee, former Minister of Education in Ghana, and Mina Mensah Head
of the Africa Office of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative were
in attendanc.
The British council auditorium was filled to capacity with guests and
students, some of whom were presented with certificates in recognition
of excellence in the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition Essay
competition.
Students from the Ghana International School simulated a very engaging
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, where a resolution banning the
use of plastics was discussed.
This year, the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will be
held in London. Under the theme ‘Toward a Common Future’, 53 independent
Heads of Government will meet to address key global challenges and
agree on how to work together for the welfare and common good of its 2.4
billion citizens.
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