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US delegation to attend Golden Jubilee
Accra, March 2, Ghanadot/GNA - The United States' delegation
to Ghana's Golden Jubilee would be headed by the Secretary
for Housing and Urban Development, Alphonso Jackson.
A statement issued by the US Embassy in Accra on Friday said
other members of the delegation would include U.S.
Ambassador to Ghana Pamela E. Bridgewater, Millennium
Challenge Corporation Chief Executive Officer, Mr John
Danilovich, Assistant Secretary for Africa, Mr Jendayi
Frazer, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Presidential Malaria Initiative
Coordinator Rear Admiral R. Timothy Ziemer, and Peace Core
Director Ronald A. Tschetter.
It said Mr Danilovich would visit MCC sites and hold a press
conference at the International Press Centre to discuss the
status of Ghana's $547 million compact.
The U.S. Congressional Black Caucus would also send a
delegation led by Chairwoman Carolyn Kilpatrick and 12
members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Congressional delegation would attend official events as
well as tour cultural sites such as the Elmina and Cape
Coast Castles, the W.E.B DuBois Centre and the Kwame Nkrumah
Memorial Mausoleum.
The statement said the Reverend Jesse Jackson would also
lead a private delegation to participate in Jubilee
activities.
GNA
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