President John Evans Atta Mills was on Friday briefed by Ex – President Jerry John Rawlings on the latter’s recent attendance at the inauguration of President Jacob Zuma in South Africa.
In a press release signed by Presidential Spokersperson Mahama Ayariga, ex –President Rawlings had expressed satisfaction with the new South African leader’s commitments to work with Ghana.
The former president indicated that South Africa is looking forward to forging mutually beneficial closer relations with Ghana in the areas of commerce, technology transfer, investment, tourism and agriculture.
President Mills thanked ex-President Rawlings for representing Ghana at the inauguration and assured him that there would be follow up measures to take advantage of the opportunities for mutually beneficial relations between Ghana and South Africa.
RT - We commend Ghana for using its resources and its former heads of state in such a responsible manner! In Seychelles we currently have two former presidents who perhaps can as well be put to better use then is currently the case. The Seychelles Government facing critical budget constraints rather saw it more fit to pay for our current president and his entourage to represent the Seychelles for the swearing in of the new South African president. How much did this trip cost the Seychelles taxpayer we wonder and would it not have been more prudent to send instead one of our former presidents in these trying times if it was so important to represent? Our president needs to spend more time on the homefront we think!
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