Akufo-Addo Begins Six-Day Visit To Europe: President Jets Off To Spain, France And UK

• Nana Akufo-Addo is out of the country for the next six days, a press statement from the Jubilee House has announced
• The president left Ghana on Monday, June 19, 2023, to visit Spain, France and UK on a six-day working visit
• While Nana Akufo-Addo is out of the country on the working visit, vice president Mahamudu Bawumia will act as President

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has left Ghana briefly for a working visit to three European countries, the Jubilee House has announced.

In a press statement, the Presidency disclosed that Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Monday, June 19, 2023, on a six-day working visit to Spain, France and the United Kingdom.

President Akufo-Addo's itinerary during the working visit

On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, Akufo-Addo will participate in the Aqaba Process meeting of West Africa and the Sahel in Cordoba, Spain, the press statement explained.

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The president of Ghana will be at the Aqaba Process meeting of West Africa and the Sahel in Cordoba, at the joint invitation of the King of Spain, His Majesty Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso VI, and the King of Jordan, His Majesty Abdullah II Bin Al-Hussein.

Nana Akufo-Addo will also visit Paris, the French capital at the invitation of the French President, Emmanuel Macron.

Akufo-Addo heads to the UK for a private visit

In France, Akufo-Addo will participate in the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact, which will start on June 22 and end on June 23, 2023.

Nana Akufo-Addo will then proceed to the United Kingdom on June 23, 2023, for a private visit.

Dr Kwaku Afriyie, the minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, and some officials of the Presidency accompanied the president on his trip.

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Akufo-Addo returns to Accra on Saturday, June 24, 2023.

In his absence, vice president Mahamudu Bawumia will act as President.

Bawumia outlines reasons he wants to be Ghana's next president

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported in a previous story that vice president Mahamudu Bawumia made a strong case for why he must be given the mandate as the next president of Ghana.

He filed his nomination for NPP flagbearer on Friday, June 16, 2023, accompanied by hundreds of party supporters and several sitting MPs of the party.

Dr Bawumia said among other things that he will make a good president because he has delivered impressively on his mandate as vice president.

Bawumia listed as "British" on UK Companies House website

Also, YEN.com.gh reported that information on UK's Companies House shows vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is listed as a "British".

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The Companies House stores information about the staff of top-tier companies and makes such information available to the public.

Dr Bawumia is said to have obtained British citizenship when he was director of the Ghana International Bank Plc.

However, another document purported to have been obtained from the UK's Companies House lists Bawumia as a Ghanaian.

Source: YEN.com.gh