The
University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom will on Friday hold a special
convocation to confer on HE John Dramani Mahama an honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws (LLD) (Honoris Causa).
The
convocation, which will take place at the University’s Kings College, will form
part of the President’s working visit to Scotland.
President
Mahama who leaves Accra today, Wednesday, for Glasgow will meet with the First
Minister of Scotland and visit the Scottish Parliament where he will observe
First Minister’s Question Time and address a meeting of Parliamentarians.
Accompanied
by the First Lady, Lordina Dramani Mahama, Foreign Minister Hanna S. Tetteh
(MP), Communications Minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah and the Education
Minister Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman, President Mahama will also meet
leaders of Scotland’s political parties.
President Mahama
will be the second Ghanaian leader after President Jerry John Rawlings to visit
Scotland. The visit provides an opportunity for the two countries to strengthen
political and economic relations.
As part of
his schedules, President Mahama will meet with the Ghanaian community and
address a Business Forum.
With
the Vice President on an official visit to India, the Speaker of Parliament Rt.
Hon. Edward Doe Adjaho will act as President, in accordance with Article 60
(11) of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana.
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