Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has stated that the country will support Ghana’s foreign affairs minister in his bid to become the Commonwealth’s next Secretary General in the October election.
Earlier this month, Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, announced her candidacy for the next Commonwealth Secretary-General, stating that she wants to see a free-trade agreement among the 56 member nations.
To present, no other competitor has emerged for the top position ahead of the October 22 election. A Commonwealth Secretary-General can serve up to two four-year terms. The current incumbent is Dominican Baroness Patricia Scotland, whose term ends in October.
Following President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s address to a joint session of the Lower and Upper Houses, Prime Minister Mitchell declared, “I will be publicly indicating that we have pledged to the President of Ghana that we will be supporting the distinguish nomination of the foreign minister of Ghana to lead the commonwealth when that time arises.”
As the 50th Independence celebrations’ honorary guest on February 7, he becomes the first African president to visit Grenada on official business since the 1980s.
In order to “record fervent independence wishes to all citizens of the State of Grenada,” members of parliament convened jointly. Ghana’s president examined the guards prior to the session, which was preceded by a military parade.
Despite having begun as slaves, Grenada and other Caribbean nations have made an unparalleled contribution to the development of the western hemisphere, the speaker said the members of parliament.
The president of Ghana urged people to consider what life would be like without certain gadgets, citing Black people’s inventions of Voice Over IP, Close Circuit TV, and caller identification on phones.
In addition to thanking Prime Minister Mitchell for the excellent hospitality received in Grenada, President Akufo-Addo took the opportunity to invite PM Mitchell on an official visit to Ghana.
