Six new envoys presented with credentials
Six new envoys presented with credentials
Accra (Greater Accra) 01 November 2001 - President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday presented letters of credence to six newly appointed envoys at the Castle, Osu.
They were Mr Samuel Arthur Odoi-Sykes, High Commissioner to Canada, Professor Albert Owusu Sarpong, Ambassador to France and Dr Barfour Adjei-Barwuah, Ambassador to Japan.
The rest were Abdul Razaq Muhyiddin Hassan Tahir, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Shuaibu Musah Shariff, Ambassador to Guinea and Mr Daniel Yaw Adjei, Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
They swore the oath of allegiance, secrecy and the official oath. President Kufuor said the current state of affairs in the world calls for a High Commissioner or Ambassador who is sensitive enough to keep his government quickly informed on developments.
It is a tricky and treacherous world, he said but expressed the hope that the new envoys would live up to expectation.
President Kufuor asked them to ensure that Ghana's economic interests are paramount in their deliberations with their host countries and Ghanaian citizens are well catered for.
Mr Odoi-Sykes on behalf of his colleagues assured the President that the confidence reposed in them would not be misplaced.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 15 September 2001 - President John Agyekum Kufuor on Friday presented letters of accreditation to eight newly appointed High Commissioners and Ambassadors-designate.
They were Dr Kofi Dsane-Selby (Italy), Ms Veronica Sharon Boakye Kufuor (Czech Republic), Mr Emmanuel Kwadwo Adu (Denmark) and Mr Kabral Blay-Amihere (Sierra Leone).
The others were Major-General Francis Yahaya Mahamma (Russia), Mr Ernest Kwame Asiedu Amoa-Awuah (Liberia), Mr George Kumi (Libya) and Mr Rowland Issifu Alhassan (Federal Republic of Germany).
At the ceremony attended by Vice President Aliu Mahama, Mr Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Alhaji Malik Al-hassan Yakubu, Minister of the Interior, the new envoys swore the oath of allegiance, secrecy and the official oath.
President Kufuor advised them not be swayed by the privileges attached to their appointments and be complacent but to promote the socio-economic development of the country.
“The interest of Ghana and Ghanaians should be your main focus,” he advised and urged them to provide comfort to Ghanaians in difficulty especially private businessmen who should be linked to the right sources for access to credit and other forms of assistance.
This would make their work easier to promote the government's policy of "Golden Age for Business."
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President John Agyekum Kufuor on Tuesday asked the newly nominated Ambassadors and High Commissioners to ensure the judicious use of the resources and financial remittances at the country's missions.
"An end must be put to the financial malpractices which have marked the operations of some of our diplomatic missions in the recent and immediate past", President Kufuor told the closing session of a two-week induction course for 27 newly nominated Ambassadors and High Commissioners in Accra.
The course was designed to re-orient and re-focus their responsibilities in the implementation of the country's foreign policy under the New Patriotic Party’s administration.
President Kufuor warned that adverse findings on any mission by the inspection team of the Auditor-General's Department would not be allowed to gather dust on the shelves, but would be acted upon by the Foreign Minister.
He said as heads of mission, they were expected to provide leadership, exercise good judgement at all times to manage the missions as one unit with a common purpose irrespective of which ministry individual members of staff may be representing.
"I will not countenance inter-ministerial or inter-departmental rivalries and bickering in the country's missions abroad, because the management of foreign relations is a costly business and we must get good value for our money."
President Kufuor told the envoys that a major part of their work would be to look after the interest of all Ghanaians in their host countries. Therefore the missions should not be opened to only those who support the ruling party but receive and assist all Ghanaians in their legitimate pursuits, adding, "let our missions be truly for all Ghanaians."
He urged them to put an end to the horror stories about the inefficiencies, the delays, the lack of interest and downright rudeness at the foreign missions "because they are servants of Ghana, of Ghanaians and of all those who are interested in
Ghana".
"The government's concept of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is one of a ministry for foreign relations and Ghanaians abroad, the consular protection of the citizens abroad should not play a second fiddle to your equally important and new focus of economic diplomacy."
President Kufuor said the government wanted to promote friendly relations with neighbouring countries, the rest of Africa and the world at large, adding that the NPP's vision for Ghana was to make it a self confident, democratic and prosperous country with the private sector as the engine of growth and the creation of wealth.
President Kufuor therefore asked the envoys to be sensitive to the needs of Ghanaian businessmen and others desirous of investing in the country.
Mr Hackman Owusu -Agyeman, the Foreign Minister said the course has sharpened the skills of the envoys and adequately prepared them to embark on their new careers to help realise the vision and foreign policy goals of the government.
He said their attention was also drawn to the relevant sections of the NPP's foreign policy, which pledged Ghana's commitment to peace, understanding and co-operation and an uncompromising dedication to the promotion of multiparty democratic systems of government, especially in Africa.
Mr Owusu-Agyeman said the missions should be made the nerve-centre for the dissemination of accurate data to assist potential investors into the country.
He asked them to respect the diplomatic privileges and immunities accorded them in order not become the subjects of oddity in their countries of accreditation.
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Name |
Current Position/Profession |
Country |
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1 |
Mr C. Kwabena Sakyi |
Foreign Service Officer |
Algeria |
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2 |
Mr Ernest Amoa-Awua |
Foreign Service Officer |
Liberia |
|
3 |
Mr Daniel Yaw Adjei |
Foreign Service Office |
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). |
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4 |
Mr J E Aggrey |
Foreign Service Office |
Ethiopia |
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5 |
Mr K Baah Boakye |
Foreign Service Office |
Zimbabwe |
|
6 |
Mr D K Osei |
Foreign Service Office |
Ambassador at large |
|
7 |
Mr Samuel Albert Odoi-Sykes |
Lawyer/Chairman of the NPP+ |
Canada |
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8 |
Dr Baafour Adjei-Bawuah |
Education Development Officer/Chairman of NPP in UK |
Japan |
|
9 |
Lt.-Gen. Ben Akafia |
Former Chief of Defence Staff |
Egypt |
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10 |
Col. George Minyila |
Former Eastern Regional Minister |
Burkina Faso |
|
11 |
Ms Maureen Amematekpor |
Lecturer – Institutional Management |
Namibia |
|
12 |
Prof. Michael Ocquaye |
Lecturer- University of Ghana/Lawyer |
India |
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13 |
Prof. Albert Owusu-Sarpong |
Lecturer – University of Science & Technology |
France |
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14 |
Mr Tihir Abdul El Razaq Muhyiddin Hassan |
Lecturer – Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria |
Saudi Arabia |
|
15 |
Prof. Yaw Boafo |
Lecturer – University of Cape Coast |
Cote D’Ivoire |
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16 |
Alhaji Issifu Alhassan |
Lawyer/1992 running mate of Prof. Adu-Boahene |
Germany |
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17 |
Mr Timothy Enyo Kweku Amesimeku |
Lawyer |
Benin |
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18 |
Mr. Mensah-Bonsu |
Lawyer |
Togo |
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19 |
Maj.-Gen. Francis Mahama |
Former Commander of the Southern Command of the Army |
Russia |
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20 |
Mr E K Adu |
Former Kotoko Chairman/Representative of Scacem International |
Denmark |
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21 |
Mr Kabral Blay-Amehere |
Journalist/President of the West African Journalist Association/Publisher of the Independent newspaper |
Sierra Leone |
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22 |
Mr Alan Kyeremateng |
Regional Director of UNDP Enterprise Africa |
USA |
|
23 |
Mr Isaac Osei |
Economist & Development Consultant |
UK |
|
24 |
Mrs Veronica Sharon Boakye Kufuor |
Chemist, Public Health Engineer & Biologist |
Czech Republic |
|
25 |
Dr Isaac Omane |
Development Consultant |
Cuba |
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26 |
Dr Grace Amponsah Ababio |
Dentist |
The Netherlands |
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27 |
Dr Kofi Dsane Selby |
Medical Doctor |
Italy |
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28 |
George Kumi |
Real Estate Developer/Consultant/Chief Executive of Georgio Investment Limited |
Libya |
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29 |
Lt. Col. Lawrence Kpabitey Kodjiku |
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Israel |
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30 |
Mr Patrick Amoah Ntim |
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Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
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31 |
Mr John Bentum-Williams |
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Malaysia |
Compiled from various sources by Ghana Review
International, Accra and updated regularly.
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