{"id":702678,"date":"2019-09-10T14:50:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T14:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\/"},"modified":"2019-09-10T14:50:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T14:50:15","slug":"kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumasi, Ouagadougou Talk Security –"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

The Ouagadougou team in a group photograph with Osei Assibey
Antwi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Officials of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA)
\nand their counterparts from Ouagadougou in neighbouring Burkina Faso have
\ndiscussed how to tackle security issues in the two cities.<\/p>\n

The meeting\u2012 which took place at premises
\nof the KMA at Adum, Kumasi, on Saturday morning\u2012 also saw officials of the two cities talking
\nabout other key issues such as trade, tourism, sports and agriculture.<\/p>\n

The Burkina
\nFaso team comprised a 23-man delegation, led by the Mayor of Ouagadougou,
\nRoland Pierre Beouinde, and some senior administrative staff.<\/p>\n

Kumasi
\nMayor Osei Assibey Antwi attended the meeting with selected senior staff of the
\nKMA together with other top security officials in the Ashanti Region,
\nespecially from the Ghana Police Service (GPS).<\/p>\n

In
\nhis welcome, Mr. Assibey Antwi said, \u201cWe are one people with a common destiny.
\nIt is therefore exciting to see our brethren confer with the KMA on a number of
\nissues of mutual benefit for the well-being of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

He
\ndescribed the meeting as timely and beneficial for the two counties, indicating
\nthat the meeting would enable the two cities to plan together to be on top of
\nsecurity issues.<\/p>\n

Mr. Assibey
\nAntwi stressed the need for Kumasi and Ouagadougou to expand in other key areas
\nsuch as agriculture, tourism, sports, trade, adding that \u201cthe current trade
\nvolume between the two cities was huge.\u201d<\/p>\n

He
\nparticularly made mention of trade in meat, vegetables and locally-made sandals
\nas some of the areas that Ouagadougou and Kumasi were making great progress and
\ncalled for its sustainability and expansion.<\/p>\n

The mayor
\nalso used the occasion to highlight on the measures being undertaken by his
\nadministration to help restore Kumasi\u2019s lost Garden City status, noting that
\nthousands of trees have been planted so far.<\/p>\n

Mr.
\nBeouinde emphasized the need to cooperate to help address immigration issues. <\/p>\n

He
\nstated that it was important that the two countries intensified their trading
\nties and also seek new areas that would enable them to create jobs for their
\npeople towards wealth creation.<\/p>\n

FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ouagadougou team in a group photograph with Osei AssibeyAntwi Officials of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and their counterparts from Ouagadougou in neighbouring Burkina Faso have discussed how to tackle security issues in the two cities. The meeting\u2012 which took place at premises of the KMA at Adum, Kumasi, on Saturday morning\u2012 also saw […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":702679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-702678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nKumasi, Ouagadougou Talk Security - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kumasi, Ouagadougou Talk Security - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Ouagadougou team in a group photograph with Osei AssibeyAntwi Officials of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and their counterparts from Ouagadougou in neighbouring Burkina Faso have discussed how to tackle security issues in the two cities. The meeting\u2012 which took place at premises of the KMA at Adum, Kumasi, on Saturday morning\u2012 also saw […]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Talks-Security.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/10\\\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/10\\\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"headline\":\"Kumasi, Ouagadougou Talk Security –\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-10T14:50:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/10\\\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":355,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/10\\\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Talks-Security.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/10\\\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/10\\\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/10\\\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kumasi, Ouagadougou Talk Security - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/10\\\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/10\\\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Talks-Security.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-10T14:50:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/10\\\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/10\\\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Talks-Security.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Talks-Security.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":417},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kumasi, Ouagadougou Talk Security - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Kumasi, Ouagadougou Talk Security - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"The Ouagadougou team in a group photograph with Osei AssibeyAntwi Officials of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and their counterparts from Ouagadougou in neighbouring Burkina Faso have discussed how to tackle security issues in the two cities. The meeting\u2012 which took place at premises of the KMA at Adum, Kumasi, on Saturday morning\u2012 also saw […]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Talks-Security.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"headline":"Kumasi, Ouagadougou Talk Security –","datePublished":"2019-09-10T14:50:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\/"},"wordCount":355,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Talks-Security.jpg","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\/","name":"Kumasi, Ouagadougou Talk Security - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Talks-Security.jpg","datePublished":"2019-09-10T14:50:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/kumasi-ouagadougou-talk-security\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Talks-Security.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Talks-Security.jpg","width":600,"height":417},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}