The President of Ghana, Mr. Nana Akufo-Addo had on Friday named eight persons as Ghana’s Ambassadors and High Commissioners at the Flagstaff House.

Nigeria: Alhaji Rashid Bawa, the Ghana’s past Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;

Morocco: Stephen Mahamadu Yakubu, a respected former MP from the Upper East Region;

China;  Edward Boateng, a media executive;

High Commissioner to the UK,; Papa Owusu Ankomah, a well-known Secondi Lawyer, five-term MP and former minister;

USA; Dr Baffour Adjei Awuah, a former Ambassador to Japan;

Paris; Mrs Anna Bossman, a former acting Commissioner at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ);

Germany; Mrs Gina Blay, CEO of Daily Guide Newspaper;

Ivory Coast; Mr Fredrick Daniel Laryea, Ghana’s former Ambassador to Gambia, Mali and Cape Verde.

In the President’s Speech, Mr Nana Akufo-Addo said they are “eminently fit” to represent Ghana in their respective places of accreditation which “indeed has expressed satisfaction at their appointments.”

The President urged the new ambassadors to “preserve and promote the image of the country” in their respective appointed countries.

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