Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, left Ghana on Saturday, July 8, 2023, to head the Ghanaian delegation to the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, which is being held in Bissau, the capital of the Republic of Guinea Bissau.
The summit of the Heads of State will focus on the upcoming withdrawal of MINUSMA from Mali, the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme, and the political deadlock in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea.
President Akufo-Addo was joined by the Minister of National Security, Hon. Albert Kan Dapaah, as well as officials from the Presidency and the Foreign Ministry.
The President will return to Ghana on July 9, 2023, and in his absence, the Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, would serve in his place in line with Article 60(8) of the Constitution.
