Accra, Feb. 4, Ghanadot/GNA – Vice
President John Dramani Mahama returned home this
afternoon after attending the 12th African Union (AU)
Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Heads of State reached a compromise
that an AU Authority was
preferable to a Union Government of African States.
Speaking to journalists on arrival at the Kotoka
International Airport, Vice President Mahama said the
summit thus decided that each member state should
discuss the issue, the result of which would inform a
decision to be taken by the AU on the matter later in
the year.
The Vice President mentioned infrastructural development
in Africa, especially in the areas of transport and
energy as well as measures Africa could take to contain
the world financial crisis, as other topics which were
discussed during the Summit.
Vice President Mahama said Ghana made a good
presentation on the country’s implementation of the
African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) during a session
for presentation of progress reports by AU member states
on their respective implementation of the APRM.
The Summit saw the election of the Libyan leader Colonel
Muammar Gaddafi as the new Chairman of the AU.
At the airport to meet the Vice President were some
officials from the office of the Vice President.
GNA
