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High Commissioner Annan Arkyin Cato receives UK award
From Kwaku Osei Bonsu, GNA Special
Correspondent, London
London, April 14, GNA - Ghana's High Commissioner to
the United Kingdom (UK), Mr Annan Arkyin Cato, has been
presented with the "Freedom of the City of London Award" for
exemplary leadership and tremendous contribution to the
growth and strengthening of Ghana-UK ties.
Relations between the two countries, is now at all time high
culminating in President John Agyekum Kufuor's historic
State Visit to the UK, the first ever by a Ghanaian Head of
State at the invitation of the British Monarch, in March
2007.
The award conferred on Mr Cato by the Mayor of London is
reserved for royalty, statesmen and philanthropists.
Former recipients include Former South African President
Nelson Mandela; Theodore Roosevelt and General Dwight D.
Eisenhower, both Former Presidents President of United
States; Florence Nightingale, Mother Nursing; and Prime
Minister Winston Churchill Britain.
Alderman Sir John Stuttard, who presented the award on
behalf of the Mayor, paid tribute to the High Commissioner
for his role in deepening Ghana-UK bilateral relations and
partnership.
Mr Cato dedicated the honour to the entire Ghanaian
Community.
He said Ghana cherished its relations with the UK and
conveyed appreciation for the development support towards
the country's socio-economic transformation from the
British.
He used the occasion to woo the business community of the
City of London and the British public to put their money
into Ghana's economy saying, they should see Ghana as an
attractive country for investment and relaxation.
The High Commissioner said he was happy with the positive
response to President Kufuor's appeal to the financial
sector in the City, by pledging amounts far in excess of the
750 million pounds sterling, which Ghana had hoped to raise
by floating bonds on the London Market.
Referring to the President's state visit, he noted that its
significance ran deeper than the glamour put on display,
saying: "It represented the depth of the uninterrupted 50
years of friendship between Ghana and the UK and equally
important was the resolve of the two countries to continue
to work together in the interest of greater world peace."
GNA
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