Baroness Amos To Visit Ghana

The British Minister for Africa at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Baroness Valerie Amos and the Prime Minister's Personal Representative on Africa for the G8, would visit Ghana from December 6-9.

A statement from the British High Commission said this would be Baroness Amos' third visit to Ghana having previously visited in January 2001 to attend the inauguration of President Kufuor, and in April 2002. The statement said Baroness Amos would attend a meeting of the G8 Personal Representatives for Africa with the NEPAD Steering Committee representatives in Accra from December 7-8. The Minister would remain for a day of bilateral engagements on 9 December.

According to the statement Baroness Amos is very much looking forward to her programme of engagements which will include meetings with the Government and previous recipients of British Chevening Scholarships. The Minister would also visit the Blue Skies pineapple farm at Nsawam.