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Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter
Ghana’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe Eric Odoi-Anim has pledged to expedite the establishment of a joint commission between the two countries to facilitate trade and economic relations.
Ambassador Odoi-Anim said this when he paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda at Parliament Building this week.
“I had a very fruitful meeting with the Right Honourable Speaker of Parliament,” he said.
“We talked about the need to deepen relations at parliamentary level between our respective parliaments, which are representative of our people.
“We also talked of the need to deepen economic relations and I promised to jump-start the seeming delay regarding the permanent joint commission of trade and economic cooperation between our two countries.”
Ambassador Odoi-Anim said they had also discussed how the countries could cooperate on value addition of their respective products.
“I also had the opportunity to discuss the initiatives the mission is taking to ensure that economics and politics go hand in hand, but with emphasis to do more to add value to things we produce and to do more to ensure that the generation of youthful leaders is equipped with skills to be able to contribute effectively and to take the mantle of leadership from the current generation,” he said.
Adv Mudenda said Ghana was an important country on the continent for taking the lead in promoting Pan-Africanism as espoused by its founding President Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
“Ghana, through Dr Nkrumah, became the godfather of Pan-Africanism, which has given birth to the current AU,” he said.
“We feel very proud of the contribution of the people of Ghana.”
Adv Mudenda extended his condolences to the people of Ghana following the death of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in August.
“I have also exchanged ideas with the ambassador on the need for us to mentor a new crop of leadership in all spheres of human endeavours so that these young leaders can take over from us to move the continent forward,” he said.
Adv Mudenda talked of the need to strengthen parliamentary relations between Zimbabwe and Ghana.
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