UPF-GHANA MEETS WITH GHANAIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS
By UPF Africa
Written by UPF-Africa
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Accra, Ghana – UPF Ghana met with Mr Aaron Mike Oquaye, Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament, on Tuesday, July 10, 2018. The launch of International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP) in Ghana was one of the main topic of discussion.
UPF Ghana secretary general Dr. Helen Mabel Osei, introduced members of her delegation to the meeting held in the Speakers' Conference Hall of the Parliament House. These included ambassadors, Osonga Nii Dr. Adjei Kraku III, leader of Tema Mantse and representative of the chiefs of Ghana. Professor Edwin Nmertey Korley, Principal of Manna Mission Theological College and representative of the UPF Global Peace Council. Pastor James Aidoo, Director of the Ghana Chapter of the Family Federation for Peace and Unity. and Rev. J.B. Mr Dankwa, Special Advisor to the UPF-Ghana Executive Committee, said: Also present was Bishop Ezekiel Goodman Anim, President of the Ghana Peace Ambassadors Network. John Yaw Osei, technical expert. Hon. Frank Husseini Adongo MP and Deputy Minister of Upper West Province, Dan Jim Selassie UPF-Ghana Media Chief.
In her remarks, Dr. Helen Osei called on Hon. Oquaye to facilitate the establishment of the IAPP, formed in more than 100 countries around the world, to underscore efforts to create the lasting peace needed for development. She also informed the Chair that the 2nd UPF Africa Summit will be held in her November 2018 in South Africa and will be hosted by the South African Government and the family of the late President Nelson Mandela. She briefly express about Coffee Project for African Nations, attended by a group of African government and business leaders at a business conference held in Kona, Hawaii in December 2017.
Speaker Mike Oquaye talked about to the touring UPF-Ghana participants that peace can't be equated simplest to the absence of battle and that it's far higher to paintings to save you conflicts from escalating into deaths, which might convey simplest “peace withinside the cemetery which has no value to the living.” He advised the UPF-Ghana chapter to make its presence felt withinside the nation through often contributing to the peace technique via analysis, preventative measures, and peace building. He confident the UPF-Ghana delegation of his unflinching assist to the institution and willingness to install region an ad-hoc committee to look to the pressing formation of the Ghana chapter of the IAPP.
House Speaker Oquaye took this opportunity to advise superpowers and organizations that make various social propositions to developing countries to also consider the cultural values and norms of the target country. He urged them to focus on basic human needs such as drinking water, health care, hospital beds, proper education, proper shelter and clothing.
“Everyone must recognize their rights to health, food and peace. These are all basic human rights that should be equally protected, promoted and vigorously defended. It should be done," the chairman stressed.
At the end of the conference, UPF presented Speaker Ouke with a certificate of membership as an ambassador for peace, an award for exemplary leadership, and a medal from the Little Angels dance troop to recognize him for leading the Ghanaian government delegation to the first African summit in Dakar, Senegal.
