Accra, Ghana – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned and handed over the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the African Union (AU) Commission. The event took place duing a brief ceremony at the Africa Trade House on Monday in Accra, the Ghanaian Capitol where President Akufo-Addo officially commissioned and handed over the AfCFTA Secretariat Building to the AUC Chairperson, MoussaFaki. Delivering a speech at the ceremony, President Akufo-Addo stated that Ghana has discharged all of her obligations towards the establishment and the setting up of the office, following the selection of Ghana, in 2019, by the AU Assembly to host the AfCFTA Secretariat. We have provided also an appropriate, furnished residential accommodation as the official residence of the Secretary-General of the AfCFTA,” he said. “We are confident that, through your leadership and the determination of the AU Member States, all bracketed issues should be resolved,” President Ramaphosa said.

Source: Front Page Africa August 20, 2020 06:55 UTC