Make Ghana proud at UN- Minister urges students’ delegation

Accra, March 4, GNA - The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Regional
Cooperation and NEPAD, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has urged Ghanaian
student's delegation to the United Nations Junior High School Model
Conference scheduled for New York, to make Ghana proud.
The conference is scheduled for March 1 to 7. She made the call
during a courtesy call on her by Master Mordechai Nyamekye, a 10 year
old pupil of the Cradle Grace Family Montessori School who was
adjudged the best honourable delegate during the Junior High school
(JSS) United Nations Model Conference held at the Accra International
Conference Centre in October last year and is one of the 13 students
representing Ghana at the Conference.The Deputy Minister congratulated
Master Nyamekye for being selected to participate in the United
Nations Model Conference in New York.She expressed the conviction that
with Master Nyamekye's confidence and brilliance Ghana would be sure
to make an impact at the model conference.
She also mentioned the government's commitment to ensuring
education for all Ghanaian children by making Human Resource
Development one of its priority and referred to the implementation of
policies such as the school feeding programme for students in
Government schools, the Capitation Grant and the free bus rides on
government buses for school children.Ms Botchwey said with the
necessary political will and good policies developing countries like
Ghana could ensure that all children have quality primary education
which was one of the Millennium Development Goals.Master Nyamekye
informed the Deputy Minister that he would make a presentation on the
United Nations Millennium Development Goals and briefed her on the
importance of achieving these goals, especially by developing
countries.
He said there was the need for government to work towards the
attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.
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