The African Union (AU) Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Minata Cessouma, has called on the government of Ghana to ratify the AU Protocol of Free Movement of Persons.
Development Diaries reports that Cessouma made the call at a press briefing in Accra.
He highlighted the importance of trade within West Africa and the continent at large.
It is understood that only Rwanda, Niger, Mali and Sao Tome and Principe have ratified the protocol since it was adopted in 2018, with Ghana and 32 other African countries yet to ratify it.
‘We are here to plead with Ghana to take up its role as a leading country in West Africa by showing the example by ratifying this protocol and also to show the advantage of having free movement’, Cessouma said.
‘I want Ghana to be the leader for ratification of this protocol in West Africa and Africa as a whole’.
Cessouma added that the sub-region was faced with challenges such as insecurity and terrorism but with the ratification of the protocol of movement of persons, Africans faced with challenges could easily be moved to safety.
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