{"id":375504,"date":"2017-11-19T18:29:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T18:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=375504"},"modified":"2017-11-20T16:09:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T16:09:59","slug":"akufo-addo-leaves-ghana-for-3-day-uk-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/akufo-addo-leaves-ghana-for-3-day-uk-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo leaves Ghana for 3-day UK visit"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Akufo-Addo will this evening [Sunday], leave Ghana for the United Kingdom (UK) on a 3-day working visit to that country.<\/p>\n
While in the UK, he will hold talks with British Prime Minister, Theresa May, and deliver an address at Cambridge University.<\/p>\n
The address, which will be held on Monday, November 20, will be on the theme of \u201cDemocracy and Development\u201d.<\/p>\n
President Akufo-Addo will return to Ghana on Wednesday,\u00a0November 22, 2017, and in his absence, the Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, shall, in accordance with Article 60(8) of the Constitution, act in his stead.<\/p>\n
Ghana and UK recent ties<\/strong><\/p>\n Akufo-Addo’s visit to the UK comes at a time when Ghana and the UK seem to have reinforced their relationship.<\/p>\n Among the high-profile invitees who graced President Akufo-Addo’s swearing-in ceremony was the\u00a0UK Prime Minister\u2019s Trade envoy to Ghana,\u00a0Adam Afriyie, who attended on behalf of\u00a0Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n About 3 other top British leaders have also visited the country on separate occasions following the swearing-in of Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n They include; UK Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, and Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, Daughter of Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n President Akufo-Addo also paid a 3-day visit to the UK in June 2017.<\/p>\n Ghana is the UK\u2019s fourth largest export market in sub-Saharan Africa, with a total of \u00a31 billion.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Akufo-Addo will this evening [Sunday], leave Ghana for the United Kingdom (UK) on a 3-day working visit to that country. While in the UK, he will hold talks with British Prime Minister, Theresa May, and deliver an address at Cambridge University. The address, which will be held on Monday, November 20, will be on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":375524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,11],"tags":[8,3],"yoast_head":"\n