Okyehene ends first part of trip

The Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin rounded the first part of his United States trip in Washington, DC. with an appeal to Ghanaians living outside the country to remember that Ghana is a poor country and that ?it is a duty for all to help our communities and the Government to succeed?.

While Ghanaians everywhere will share in the glory of positive gain, the Okyenhene also reminded them that negative results impugn on their integrity and that ?it is only Ghanaians who can help Ghana to achieve its goals.?

Osagyefuo Amoatin said this at a reception and cultural display in his honor by Ghana?s Ambassador to the United States His Excellency Alan Kyerematen at the Chancery of the Embassy of Ghana in Washington DC on Monday.

The Osagyefuo?s speech, heavy with memories of historical antecedents of people who sacrificed their comfort and youth so that a large community would prosper, impressed on the gathering to adopt brilliant children who could not go to school because of poverty. ?It is only when we do that and support the Government that we could talk of a hopeful future?, he said. He cited Brazil also a developing country where over 90 percent of school going children are in school and said Ghana could do the same.

The Deputy Minister of Tourism Nana Akomea assured the gathering that the Government would deliver. The Government, he explained, might never-thought of the enormity of the problems on assumption of office but has within the first 18 months been able to reduce inflation from over 50 percent to less then 20 percent and said in confidence that like the stability of the currency the rate of inflation would come down further.

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Nana Akuffo Addo, the Chairman of the Volta River Authority Dr. Jones Ofori Atta, Ken Ofori Atta of Databank, Fred Asante a Member of the Council of State and some chiefs accompanied the Osagyefuo who was invited to the United States by the management of the Black Entertainment Television

The Okyenhene has so far attended a congressional pre-awards reception, visited the Smithsonian Institute and met with leaders of health and environmental institutions including the Conservation International, USAID and Katie Frohardt, Programm Technical Director of African Wildlife Foundation as well as held business and trade discussions in what is deemed an exploration visit since his assumption as Okyenehene three years ago.