The President HE Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has congratulated the new Speaker-elect of the 8th Parliament, Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin on his elevation.
According to him he is happy and is ready to work with him on chattering a new path.
Speaking at his swearing-in as President of the country, he explained that this is the first time a Speaker of Parliament has been elected from another party.
“I must, at the outset, express my warm congratulations to my good friend and colleague of many years in this House, the Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, on his assumption of office as the Speaker of the Eighth Parliament of the 4th Republic”.
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said Ghana’s akpeteshie, a local brew, can compete on any international market due to its pleasant packaging.
“I doubt that anyone would, ordinarily, mention akpeteshie, the local gin, as a possible item on the world market. I cannot vouch for its taste or potency, since I gave up alcohol many years ago, but I can say that the Made-in-Ghana and beautifully packaged ‘apio’, I have recently seen, can compete in the most sophisticated markets in the world”, the President said in his inaugural address after having been sworn into office for a second four-year term.