[ 2017-01-28 ]

Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey

Akufo-Addo to swear-in Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey in Ethiopia
President Akufo Addo has sworn in his first 12
ministers with the exception of the Foreign
Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey who was
in Addis Ababa during the swearing in ceremony
which was held on Friday Jan. 27, 2017.

Addressing the new ministers, the president
charged them to deliver on the mandate of the
party’s manifesto and not to disappoint the
“overwhelming support” reposed in them by the
people of Ghana.

The president then said “Shirley Ayorkor Botwey,
Minister for Foreign Affairs has already entered
into her functions. She is in Addis Ababa
attending a forum for foreign ministers meeting
for preparations for the AU summit from the 29th
-31th of January.

“I will swear her in in Ghana’s embassy in
Addis Ababa, tomorrow.”

The President who is attending the summit himself
would be joined by other African Union Heads of
State for the Ordinary Summit in Ethiopia.

Speaking on behalf of the ministers, Senior
Minister, Yaw Osafo Marfo said “we know the
effort he has made to become president and we know
the type of quality he provides on the table. We
know his vision as a president and we know he
wants to make a difference. “We will give him
the necessary support to make a difference.”

Source - 3news.com

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