{"id":467097,"date":"2018-02-23T22:11:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T22:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/bawumia-now-acting-president-as-akufo-addo-leaves-for-three-nation-visit\/"},"modified":"2018-02-23T22:11:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T22:11:08","slug":"bawumia-now-acting-president-as-akufo-addo-leaves-for-three-nation-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/bawumia-now-acting-president-as-akufo-addo-leaves-for-three-nation-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia now acting President as Akufo-Addo leaves for three-nation visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Politics of Friday, 23 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-23<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/16059814.295.jpg\" alt=\"Bawumia Arrives From UK\" title=\"Bawumia Arrives From UK\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Akufo-Addo jet out of the country Friday and is expected to return on March 5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519423868_299_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana\u2019s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Accra Friday for a 10-day three-nation visit to Togo, United States and Germany<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is consequently acting in the president\u2019s stead until March 5, when Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to return.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to resume his mediation efforts in the Togo political crisis with representatives of President Faure Gnassingb\u00e9, the Union for the Republic Party, and the Coalition of 14 opposition parties.<\/p>\n<p>The efforts are aimed at finding a lasting solution to the political impasse in that country.<\/p>\n<p>In the US, the President will address the National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting, in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>He will become the first African leader to address the 50 US Governors at an NGA meeting.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo will also take part in the World Leader\u2019s Forum programme, organised by the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).<\/p>\n<p>While in Germany, the President will deliver the keynote address at the 5th German-African Economic Forum, in Dortmund, being held under the auspices of the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Herr Armin Laschet.<\/p>\n<p>He will also deliver the keynote address at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation\u2019s German-Ghana Business Forum. 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