Canadian aid boss to visit Ghana

Accra (Greater Accra), 10 March '99 -

Madame Huguette Labhelle, President of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), will pay a two-day visit to Ghana from March 11 to 12 to familiarise herself with the CIDA-Ghana Programme, the largest in Africa. According to a statement issued in Accra on Wednesday, Madame Labelle will call on President Jerry John Rawlings and the Minister of Finance, Mr Kwame Peprah to discuss Ghana's development and Canadian assistance programme. She will sign an agreement with the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to fund a Directory of Public and Civic Bodies which, when completed will be posted on the Internet. The statement said Madame Labelle would inspect a few CIDA-funded projects, meet with parliamentarians to get their perspective on progress made in consolidating democratic institutions. This will enable her witness first hand progress made by the country since her last visit to Ghana in 1994, the statement added.