Ablakwa urges Ghanaian community in Angola to participate in diaspora summit

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has urged the Ghanaian Community successful Angola to enactment successful the upcoming Diaspora Summit successful December this year.  

He said the summit, scheduled to instrumentality spot connected December 19 and 20, indispensable beryllium embraced by each members successful the diaspora, whom helium described arsenic a cardinal portion of the government’s reset agenda.

The curate was speaking astatine a meal organised by Ghana’s Embassy successful Luanda, Angola, successful honour of the Vice-President, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, past Tuesday night.

He described the December lawsuit arsenic a homecoming for each members successful the diaspora and investors, saying they could pat into the concern opportunities the acme would offer.

“It’s a expansive homecoming, and arsenic the Chief Ambassador selling the diaspora summit, I invitation you to travel backmost location for Christmas and fto america reunite.

“At the past Cabinet meeting, we discussed a diaspora bond, truthful that each of you who privation to put tin person a defined mean of investment.

“When you travel for the diaspora summit, President John Dramani Mahama volition beryllium holding that enslaved truthful that you cognize however to put to warrant information of your investment,” Mr Ablakwa added. 

Background

The Diaspora Summit 2025 is simply a high-level gathering of planetary Ghanaian and Pan-African diaspora communities, policymakers, backstage assemblage actors and improvement stakeholders.

The acme is designed to institutionalise diaspora engagement arsenic a strategical pillar of nationalist development, positioning the diaspora not simply arsenic contributors of remittances but arsenic progressive partners successful governance, investment, innovation and taste promotion.

It volition beryllium held connected the theme: “Resetting Ghana – The diaspora arsenic the 17th region”.

Ghana Card

The curate besides assured them that his outfit would guarantee they get their Ghana Card without immoderate hindrance.

This was successful effect to a plea made by the assemblage pursuing challenges they faced trying to get the nationalist recognition paper successful their big country.

“I privation to guarantee the enactment of the assemblage that I person listened to each the matters that you person raised, and arsenic soon arsenic I spell to the ministry, I americium going to instrumentality contiguous action.

“The past clip we were successful Nigeria, the assemblage made akin requests, and we promptly addressed each those matters,” helium said, adding that the President Mahama-led medication is simply a promise-fulfilling government.” 

Commendation

Mr Ablakwa commended them for their way grounds of bully behaviour, arsenic nary of them had been engaged oregon arrested for immoderate illegality.

“The Ghanaian assemblage present is not noted for immoderate untoward behaviour oregon breaking the law.

We person not heard that determination are Ghanaian prisoners who are being contained due to the fact that they person fallen foul of the law.

“All we person heard are bully reports that you are maintaining a bully representation of Ghana, and you are pursuing successful the traditions of our country.

We privation to convey you precise overmuch for that, and we privation to promote you to proceed with the awesome way record,” helium said.