The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Tuesday, 20th March, 2018, to lead the Ghanaian delegation to the Extraordinary Summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, which will be held in Kigali, Rwanda, on 21st March, 2018.

The Extraordinary Summit will witness the signing of an agreement that will launch the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), intended to make Africa “the largest free trade area created since the formation of the World Trade Organisation.”

He was accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchway MP; the Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen; and officials of the Presidency and the Foreign Ministry.

The President will return to Ghana on Wednesday, 21st March, 2018, 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.

Eugene Arhin
Director of Communications