Ghana’s Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, left Accra, Ghana for Havana, Cuba, on Tuesday July 16, 2019 on a two day official visit.
Dr. Bawumia will be the Special Guest of Honour at the Graduation Ceremony of 232 Ghanaian doctors trained at the University of Medical Sciences, Cuba.
These were in a statement signed and issued by the Director of Communications, Office of the Vice President, Frank Agyei-Twum and copied to gbcghanaonline in Accra.
The statement said Dr. Bawumia will also hold talks with the President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, the Vice President of Cuba, Salvador Valdes Mesa other senior Cuban Government officials, and lay a commemorative wreath at the African Heroes Park.
Vice President Bawumia will depart Havana on Saturday, July 20, 2019 for Vancouver, Canada to lead Ghana’s delegation on a Trade and Investment Mission, organised by the Ghana High Commission in collaboration with the Canada Africa Strategic Investment Group Inc. The statement further said.
According to the statement, Dr. Bawumia will also deliver a lecture at the Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, and interact with the Ghanaian community in Vancouver.
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia returns to Accra on Wednesday, July 24, 2019.
In his absence, the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Ocquaye shall, in accordance with Article 60 (11) of the Constitution, act in his stead until the arrival of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, July 18, 2019.
