{"id":166350,"date":"2015-11-12T12:09:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T12:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=166350"},"modified":"2015-11-12T12:09:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T12:09:11","slug":"migration-not-new-to-africa-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/11\/migration-not-new-to-africa-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Migration not new to Africa &#8211; Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President John Mahama on Wednesday participated in a Summit on Migration in the Maltese city of Valletta.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Attended by many other African and EU leaders, the two-day summit is a platform for the leaders to exchange views and take decisions on the challenges and opportunities of migration and mobility between the two continents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking in Paris ahead of the Valletta Summit, President Mahama noted that &#8220;migration is not new to Africa. Within our countries our people migrate. I have Ghanaians in Gabon, I have Guineans in Ghana, I have Malians in Ghana, I have Nigerians in Ghana, I have Ghanaians in Nigeria, I have Ghanaians in Cote d\u2019Ivoire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/mahama-in-malta2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166352 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/mahama-in-malta2.png\" alt=\"mahama in malta2\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/mahama-in-malta2.png 720w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/mahama-in-malta2-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Africans \u200bhe argued, \u200bmigrate to seek opportunity and \u200b&#8221;\u200bif we create growth poles in Africa that provide that opportunity in Africa they would have no reason to migrate to another continent to look for opportunity.\u200b&#8221;\u200b<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Photo credit: Flagstaff House<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Mahama on Wednesday participated in a Summit on Migration in the Maltese city of Valletta. 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