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Vice President attends conference
on sheanut
Accra, March 24, Ghanadot/GNA - Vice President John Dramani
Mahama leaves Accra on Tuesday for Burkina Faso, to attend an
international conference aimed at promoting the sheanut industry
as an important foreign exchange earner in West Africa.
The three-day conference organized by the West Africa Trade Hub
with sponsorship from UN, would focus on the sheanut industry to
help reduce poverty though enhanced income in West Africa.
Vice President Mahama is expected to deliver the keynote address
at the conference on government’s proposed Savanna Accelerated
Development Authority (SADA), and its intention to modernise the
sheanut industry to make it a sustainable part of Ghana’s
economic development.
The sheanut industry plays a vital role in the cosmetics and
pharmaceutical industry but remains at a low level in most West
African countries.
The Vice President in his speech would address the role the
international community can play in this regard.
The Vice President will be away for two days.
GNA
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