Ghanaian jobseekers will soon be required to speak French - President Akufo-Addo
- President Akufo-Addo says French will soon be a requirement for jobs
- The president says Multinational companies are after bilingual professionals
- He said this during an interview with the French Ambassador to Ghana
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President Akufo-Addo has disclosed that Ghanaian job seekers may soon be required to have proficiency in French.
In an interview with the French Ambassador to Ghana, Anne Sophie Avé, the president explained that the Continental Free Trade and Ghana’s increasing export sector will open job opportunities for Ghanaians who are bilingual – can speak English and French.
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“As Ghana’s export potential, capacity to export its products – especially value-added products – increases and intensifies, [yes] Ghanaian companies will be looking to populate the sales departments, the international sales departments, the exports departments, with people who can speak French.
I can see that coming very easily. In any event, the greater the links, the stronger the integration and you are talking about links of language, of culture, of blood. All these are important links that enable people to live in the same space,” he explained.
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In a press release cited by Yen.com.gh, the ministry has thus banned the importation of poultry to Ghana as a measure to halt the spread of the deadly disease.
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“The ministry announces a ban on the movement of poultry products within and from affected regions and districts to other parts of the country” excerpts of the public announcement stated.
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