By John Okeke
As part of bring the Community Parliament closer to the door steps of ECOWAS citizens, Speaker Rt. Hon Sidie Mohamed Tunis lead by leader of the Ghanaian delegation to the Parliament, Alexander Kwame Afenyo Markin called on Neenyi Ghartey VII at his palace on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 before ahead of the commencement of joint committee delocalised meeting in Winneba, Ghana.
According to speaker as someone coming from the village and values tradition, and reiterated by leader of the Ghanaian delegation if they had not come to pay homage, he does not think the delocalised meeting would have commenced.
“We believe this should be our first point of call and we respect the authority of chiefs on behalf of my colleagues I want to say thank you for your kind hospitality you have extended to us since our arrival”.
And recounted, the good music he and his colleagues were welcomed with Monday night, that he had no option by dance to.
He further noted that ECOWAS Parliament is trying to bring the people of the sub region together and it is a key policy and mission, “our vision is to bring parliament right to the door steeps of the people, we decided not to stay in Accra the capital through the leader of the delegation, rather come to Winneba”.
And recounted that some weeks back, when leadership of the parliament called on Chair of the Authority of Heads of States and Government, President Nana Akufo-Addo was and informed him of a delocalised meeting to hold in Winneba Central Region of Ghana he was happy to hear the news.
“We would continue to collaborate with this Community to ensure that the people in this Community, are aware of we do as members of ECOWAS Parliament and ECOWAS in general”.
