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President Mills pays courtesy call on Asantehene
Kumasi, Oct. 9, Ghanadot/GNA - President John
Atta Mills on Friday paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene,
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at his Manhyia Palace in Kumasi and
repeated the government's resolve to tackle head-on the high
unemployment facing the country.
The Chief of Staff, Mr John Henry Martey Newman, Trade and
Industry Minister, Ms Hanna Tetteh and the Ashanti Regional
Minister, Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu, were among top government
officials who accompanied him.
The President was in Kumasi to inaugurate a multi-million dollar
state-of-the-art cocoa processing plant at Kaase, the industrial
hub of the metropolis.
Construction work on the 16,000 square metre facility began last
year.
President Mills in brief remarks before going into closed-door
meeting with Otumfuo Osei Tutu said job creation was one of the
top priorities of his Administration.
He welcomed the completion of the cocoa factory and said apart
from giving employment, the plant would help to add value to
Ghana's cocoa.
In line with tradition, the President and his entourage
presented bottles of schnapps to the Asantehene.
GNA
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