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GHANA AS ONE OF THE TOP DESTINATIONS
FOR 2015
Ghana among other countries has been listed by the British
Airways as one of the top destination countries to visit in
2015.
In a release issued on Tuesday by British Airways on
their website, it said Ghana was recommended together with
other countries including Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Croatia,
and Malaysia.
It added Ghana today offers a seductive mish-mash of
19th-century architecture and increasingly interconnected
citizens.
British Airways clearly stated that, Ghana in July 2015 sees
the return of Panafest, Ghana’s biennial festival for
pan-African culture. Big, brash and well attended; Panafest
will include a parade of chiefs in full regalia and cultural
events at the region’s castles and forts.
The release also cited cities like Bangkok, Berlin, Bogota,
London, Seattle, and Seville, beaches like, Barbados,
Canada, Greece, Malaysia and Sardinia and adventures as
Egypt, South Africa, UAE, and USA as places to places to
visit this year.
It said some flight terms and conditions associated to these
destinations include the fact that these are the lowest
adult return prices to selected destinations including
taxes, fees and carrier charges available in this period,
based on a 7-day return journey.
“Prices and availability are updated every 24 hours. Seat
availability may be extremely limited at the prices quoted,
and some fares may include journeys that involve connecting
flights or services operated by our airline partners”, it
added.
ATA speakers prepare for presentation at Elmina
Castle on ATA World Congress Host Country Day.
Photo by Muguette Goufrani.
“A country of
brotherhood, where all success shall be founded on
service, and honour shall be given to the
deserving.”
The New
Ghana
Excertps from the Accra Mail,
March 7, 2006
Kofi Agyepong and Attiku
Iddrisu
"Oh God, grant us the vision of
our country, fair as it might be, a country of
righteousness, where none shall wrong his
neighbour, a country of plenty where evil and
poverty shall be done away with, a country of
brotherhood, where all success shall be founded on
service, and honour shall be given to the
deserving, a country of peace where Government
shall rest on the will of the people and love for
the country.
Bless the efforts of those who
struggle to make this a living reality. Inspire and
strengthen our people that they may give time,
thought and sacrifice to speed the day of the
coming beauty of Ghana and Africa." The above is
Parliament's prayer which the President of Ghana,
John Agyekum Kufuor used to round up his
Independence Day speech yesterday as Ghana
celebrated her 49th year of nationhood.
The President encouraged all
Ghanaians to reflect on the prayer throughout the
year as the country prepares to celebrate its 50th
anniversary next year.
Speaking on the theme
"Developing and Retaining Quality Human Resource
Base", President Kufuor asked Ghanaians to strive
to overcome the problems like tribalism, excessive
political partisanship, religious intolerance,
cynicism, apathy and indiscipline that confront the
nation.
"I wish to make a fervent appeal
to all sectors of our society, including religious
and traditional authorities, the various tribes,
the political parties and indeed everybody else, to
put aside all recrimination and seek true
reconciliation", he said.
"If fellow feeling", the
President told his compatriots, "becomes the basis
of all that we do, our 50th anniversary of
independence will mark a fresh beginning and
rebirth of our nation and see us as worthier
citizens of the motherland".
He noted that to be able to
achieve the country's aims in her 50th anniversary
next year, all citizens must commence the
preparation for the jubilee with a sober reflection
on the goals of independence, and how far the
nation has progressed since that momentous time in
history.
Explaining the basis for
independence, the President said the first goal of
independence was to provide the citizenry freedom
and justice, and guarantee their human rights under
the national constitution.
He said independence was also to
enable government to implement programmes and
policies to enhance the material and spiritual
well-being of the nation and its people.
"The constitution enjoined
democratic practice and evolutionhe government was
to be accountable and the people were to be
responsible. None was to be above the law", he
said.
President Kufuor said along the
way due to internal problems as well as difficult
challenges of the Cold War era, the country
suffered the fate that befell many
newly-independent African Countries.
This he said had undermined the
national economy and dislocated the provision of
basic social services and the needed
infrastructure.
He said the search for an
enduring solution to the national disillusionment
has led conclusively to giving primacy to the
country's human resource development.
"Sustained and accelerated
national development depends squarely on Human
Resource Development.
Relative to our stage of
development, Ghana has generally done well with the
output from her formal education system even though
the technical and vocational schools have not been
given due attention"
This he said is now being
corrected through the New Educational Reform
Policy. President Kufuor said there are a lot of
challenges facing human resource development, and
"though it is generally agreed that major
contributory factors to brain drain have been poor
conditions of work, we must always remember that,
if Ghanaians do not spearhead and sustain the
development of their nation, nobody else will do it
for them".
He said since 1992 that the
country opted for democratic governance based on
the rule of law; Ghana is emerging as a strong
nation with steadily-growing institutions of
governance.
"The rule of law is fast gaining
in strength. There are strong and vibrant media and
increasing civil society participation in
governance.
The private sector is gradually
but surely assuming its proper role as a critical
partner to the public sector for the development of
the country and the economy is stable and ready for
accelerated growth".
The President said to sustain
and maintain this healthy direction, a relationship
of mutual respect must be established across
political lines within the body politic. "The chief
mechanism for functional democracy is dialogue and
debate.
But, when these time-tested ways
do not yield consensus, then, majority decision
must hold sway, this the President said constitutes
the main foundation of democratic
governance.
President Kufuor urged Ghanaians
to be proud of their country though there are lots
more to be achieved.
"In the mean time, there is much
to be proud of. The four successive and successful
elections which have been held since 1992 must be
acknowledged.
The recent submission of the
country to the African Peer Review Mechanism, the
economic recovery and the general peace and
stability within the nation are all positive
benchmarks which the world attests to", the
President said.
He also urged Ghanaians to show
a greater awareness of their collective
achievements so far.
President Kufuor announced that
the theme for Ghana's 50th anniversary celebration
which will start in January 2007 is "The new Ghana:
Championing Africa's Excellence".
This he said poses a challenge
to Ghana to resume her place of leadership and
together with other sister countries, work towards
political stability and economic growth of the
African continent.
Present at the ceremony were
traditional rulers, members of parliament and
ministers of state, members of the diplomatic corps
and the general public.
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