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Mohammed Ali
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Ghana is set to deploy 300 teachers to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas this year under a new labour mobility arrangement between the two countries, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced.
Mr Ablakwa made the announcement in a social media post on Saturday, July 11, 2026, after representing President John Dramani Mahama at the Bahamas’ 53rd Independence Anniversary celebrations.
He said the agreement was reached after a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Philip Edward Davis, during which he conveyed a message from President Mahama.
Mr Ablakwa said the deployment would extend the existing labour mobility partnership between Ghana and the Bahamas beyond the health sector, where Ghanaian nurses are already working under a related arrangement.
The latest announcement follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed by Ghana and the Bahamas in October 2025 to establish a Teacher and Nurses Recruitment Initiative.
The agreement was signed by Ghana’s Minister of Special Initiatives, Emmanuel Agyekum, and officials of the Bahamian government to facilitate the recruitment of experienced Ghanaian teachers and nurses to work in the Bahamas.
At the time, both countries said the initiative would begin as a pilot programme, with the possibility of expanding it to areas such as commerce, culture, tourism and human capital development.
The arrangement comes months after Ghana reached a labour exchange agreement with Jamaica. In January 2026, Mr Ablakwa announced that the two countries had agreed to deploy Ghanaian teachers and nurses to Jamaica following talks with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness.
Mr Ablakwa said Ghana congratulated the Bahamas on its 53rd Independence Anniversary and added that the government would continue to pursue diplomatic engagements aimed at creating opportunities for Ghanaians.
