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General news for Wednesday March 17, 2021
Source: rainbowradioonline.com
03/17/2021
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Tuesday March 16, 2021 for Côte d’Ivoire, in his capacity as President of the ECOWAS Authority, to attend the funeral of the late Hamed Bakayoko, Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire, to be held today, Wednesday March 17, in Abidjan, capital of Côte d’Ivoire.
An eight-day national mourning period for the late Prime Minister was announced by President Alassane Outtarra last Thursday, with the burial scheduled for Friday March 19.
President Akufo-Addo was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, MP, and officials from the Presidency and the Foreign Office.
The President will return to Ghana on Wednesday March 17, 2021 and in his absence the Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will act in his stead, in accordance with Article 60 (8) of the Constitution.
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