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Deputy British PM to visit Ghana
Accra, Feb. 9, GNA – The Deputy British Prime Minister, Mr
John Prescott, arrives in Accra on Tuesday for a four-day
official visit during which he will call on President John
Agyekum Kufuor and visit Anomabo and Cape Coast in the
Central Region.
A statement on Friday signed by Mr Andrew Awuni, Press
Secretary to the President, said Mr Prescott would meet
President Kufuor on Wednesday and leave for Cape Coast where
he would also meet the Central Regional Minister and the
Omanhene of Cape Coast.
On Thursday, he and the Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama
would call on the Chief of Anomabo and then participate in
the groundbreaking event at the site selected for the Slave
Trade Monument as well as the 200th anniversary of the
abolition of Slave Trade.
On February 16, Mr Prescott would attend the 200th
anniversary celebration of the abolition of the Slave Trade
under the auspices of the UN Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
He returns to the UK on February 16.
GNA
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