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Diasporia News of Monday, 5 February 2007

Source: Hamza Alhassan Miachie

Association of Ghanaians in Alicante inaugurated

The inauguration ceremony of the Association of Ghanaians in Alicante started with an openning prayer by the muslim and christian leaders.

First to talk was Mr. Enrique Ramo who is a representative from CAM. In his five minutes speech, he welcomed His Excellency for travelling all the way from Madrid to Alicante and also welcomed all people who made it possible to attend the inauguration.

A representative from the local council(Ayuntamiento) of Alicante Madam Asuncion Sanchez Zaplana also welcomed the Ambassador for being part of the inauguration,she wish all Associations to join hands and come as one as Ghanaians have done and should do well to interract in cultural activities.
All was at a stand to sing the Natinal Anthem,followed by an introductory speech by the chairman of the occation Alhaji Soho Abubakar,he said he was happy to be the chairman for the day and advise members to always take part in events of the Association.
The president of the Association Mr.Muhamadu Muftawu,in his inaugural speech said the Association was formed in the year 2003 at a house of one member with the objective to foster co-operation among Ghanaians,give immigration informations to new members,fight for immigrants rights and as well to bring unity among all Ghanaians in Alicante. His excellency the ambassador of Ghana Mr.Francis Alex Tsegah,welcomed and thank the local Council(Ayuntamiento)for the help being given to all Ghanaians and promised to meet the Mayor on his next visit to talk of the problems that Ghanaians are facing.The ambassador said Ghana and Spain has relationship since 1986 and the door is opened for Spanish to invest in Ghana,the ambassador further on advise Ghanaianas to look back at home and see if one can help a child in the rural area to futher their education because Ghana needs more educaters.
His excellency finally encourage Ghanaians to continue the goodness they have to uplift the image of Ghana,and the executive members of the association to be transparent to members,and all should be united,as it is said ‘two heads are better than one’
In the afternoon time there was a football match organised by the MONEY GRAM to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Ghana, betwwen GHANA and their NIGERIAN counterparts.The Ghanaians were able to beat their Nigerian counterparts by 2 goals to 0.The ghanaians took gold medals and a cup.