By Sumaiya Salifu Saeed, GNA
Ho, Aug. 17, GNA – Togbe Afede XIV,
Agbogbomefia of Asogli and President of the National House of Chiefs, on Friday
played host to the British and Australian High Commissioners to Ghana in his
private residence in Ho.
The honour was in appreciation of the High
Commissioners “noble” project of riding bicycles some 1,000
kilometres across the country to raise awareness on health, tourism and the
environment.
Togbe Afede commended the High Commissioners
for the deep thought-through project to showcase the tourism potentials of
Volta Region, in particular, and the country at large.
He said a more developed tourism sector
would contribute to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and translate
into a boom for the local and national economy.
Mr Iain Walker, British High Commissioner to
Ghana, said the “GhanaGrand”,- the name of the project, gave him the
opportunity to “see Ghana” and engage rural folks on issues of mutual
concern.
He said sometimes diplomacy and
“barriers of title” could get in the way of interacting with people,
which the journey through towns and villages accorded him.
Mr Walker said they raised awareness on
mental health with some mental health organisations joining them at some points
through the journey.
The GhanaGrand has so far taken the High
Commissioners from Tumu through to Wa, Sawla, Larabanga, Damango, Tamale, Salaga,
Wulensi, Kpandai, Kpassa, Jasikan, Hohoe and to Ho.
Mr Walker and his co-rider, Mr Andrews
Barnes, the Australian High Commissioner to Ghana, are expected to ride from Ho
to Akosombo enroute to Accra to complete the cycling project.
The High Commissioners earlier laid wreaths
on the tomb of Togbe Afede’s late mother, Madam Rosalia Anyawoe.
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