Officials from Ghana and Togo met on Tuesday to work out modalities for opening their common border for 24 hours to ensure free movement of people, goods and services. They also discussed the possibility of stationing customs, police and immigration officers on either side of the border.
The Minister of Economic Planning and Regional Cooperation, Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom said the agreement was reached last year between the Presidents of the two countries during bilateral talks in Accra. He said countries of the West Africa sub-region could make it only through economic integration and stressed the need for the two countries to find solutions to factors hindering their relations. He said people have questioned the benefits of ECOWAS and that, it is time Ghana and Togo regularised their relations to foster unity.
The Togolese Minister for Regional Integration in-charge of Parliamentary Relations, Mr Kokou Joseph Koffigoh said the two countries and other African States should share their resources for the benefit of the people. He said just as Togo is benefiting from Ghana's Hydro-Electric Power form Akosombo, Nigeria is also sharing her gas with Ghana, Togo and Cote, D'Ivoire.
