President Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo would today leave for a three-day working visit to the Equatorial Guinea at the invitation of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
A statement from the presidency and signed by Director of Communications, Eugene Arhin said “the purpose of the visit is to deepen the cordial bilateral relations between the two countries and explore possible areas of cooperation.”
According to him, “The President’s visit is, in particular, to give further impetus to the June 2017 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the respective Ministers for Energy of the two countries in relation to the supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Equatorial Guinea to Ghana.”
He is expected to sign a government-to-government Heads of Agreement with his Equatorial Guinean counterpart for the supply of LNG from Equatorial Guinea to Ghana for a period of five years.
The statement said the execution of the agreement is intended to augment domestic supply over the period and improve the power situation in the country, both for local consumers and industry.
The President is expected to be accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, Minister for Energy, Boakye Agyarko, and officials at the Presidency and Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Energy.
President Akufo-Addo would return home on Wednesday, 23rd August, 2017.
In his absence, the Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will act in his stead in accordance with Article 60(8) of the Constitution.
By Charles Takyi-Boadu, Presidential Correspondent