Nana In Germany –

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo left the country yesterday for Germany at the invitation of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The move forms part of the effort to deepen the ties of co-operation and the bonds of friendship between the two countries.

At a briefing at the Jubilee House (presidency) on Friday, Director of Communications, Eugene Arhin, indicated that as part of his itinerary, President Akufo-Addo and the German Minister – President of North Rhine-Westphalia who also doubles as leader of the Christian Democratic Union (political party) of Germany, Armin Laschet, will deliver a speech at the 75th anniversary of the formation of North Rhine-Westphalia, the country’s most populous state and the number one industrial region.

The President will also deliver a speech in Bonn at the opening of the North Rhine-Westphalia Academy of International Politics, and hold meetings with the manufacturers of the BionTech/Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19, with areas of discussion focusing on the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines for the country, and the establishment of a National Vaccine Institute in Ghana.

President Akufo-Addo will later address a meeting of the German Investor Community; before going to Berlin to participate in the G20 Compact Initiative programme, whose aim is to promote private investment in Africa, including infrastructure.

He is expected back home in Ghana on Saturday, August 28.

By Charles Takyi-Boadu