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November 13, 2006
Japan to double its development
assistance to Ghana
November 11, 2006
Tokyo, GNA - The Japanese
Government has decided to double its development assistance
to Ghana within the next three years in appreciation of its
sound management of the economy, good governance and the
rule of law.
Consequently, it has asked Ghana to submit technical details
on its railways system and the energy sector where the
assistance is going to be received.
This was the outcome of a meeting between President John
Agyekum Kufuor and the Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Shinzo
Abe, in Tokyo on Friday.
The two leaders discussed both bilateral and international
issues, including the missile launch and nuclear test by
North Korea and the reform of the United Nations.
Japanese bilateral aid to Ghana by way of grant aid,
technical co-operation and development loans came up to
115.42 million dollars in the year 2004, according to
statistics at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan.
President Kufuor accompanied by the Foreign Minister, Nana
Addo-Dankwah Akufo-Addo, the Minister of Energy, Mr Joseph
Kofi Adda and some other senior Government officials was in
Tokyo for a two-day official state visit.
Mr Abe said his country would additionally help to enhance
Ghana's capacity to assist to improve the security situation
in Africa.
He said the Japan in line with its new development strategy
for Africa would now prioritise and limit its Overseas
Development Assistance to selected countries in the
continent.
The Japanese Prime Minister praised Ghana for its
understanding of the security concerns resulting from North
Korea's missile launch and nuclear test and its co-operation
with his country on those matters.
He invited President Kufuor to attend the Tokyo
International Conference for Africa's Development (TICAD)
scheduled for 2008 at which, the maiden Nugochi Prize for
Research in Medicine and Health would be presented.
The award has been instituted in memory of Dr Noguchi, the
Japanese scientist, who died in Ghana from the yellow fever
disease, incidentally the very disease he was conducting
research into.
It is restricted to those who research into health and
medicine in Africa.
President Kufuor thanked Japan for its assistance to Ghana
in the areas of education, rural health, infrastructure, the
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and women empowerment
over the years.
He requested for further support for road construction,
sanitation, waste management, bauxite development, energy
and the railways system.
The two leaders agreed to jointly work together to ensure
peace globally and in the Asia region in particular.
President Kufuor later conferred with the former Japanese
Prime Minister, Mr. Junichiro Koizumi.
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