Ghanaian President thanks Nigeria, assures ‘level-playing field’ for investors
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Jun 21, 2009, 16:39

President John Evans Atta Mills of Ghana has assured President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua that Ghana will provide and maintain a level playing field for all Nigerian investors in Ghana.

President Atta Mills was responding to opening remarks made by President Yar’Adua during bilateral talks between the two leaders at State House, Friday June 19.

“I want to assure Nigerian investors that we will maintain a level playing field for them in Ghana, because they have contributed to the growth of our economy through the provision of jobs and opened up the country”, he stated.

The Ghanaian President said Nigeria and Ghana had the same objectives, purposes and goals of developing the continent through the resources available to the two nations, especially considering the leadership roles which the two nations occupied in the continent.

President Atta Mills said President Yar’Adua’s role and support contributed immensely in cooling down tempers during the Ghanaian elections, adding that, “I will always remember that when we had challenges, you came to our aid”.

Earlier, President Yar’Adua said Ghana and Nigeria had leadership responsibilities which needed to be discharged for the overall benefit of their peoples and the African continent.

“We will do all possible to ensure that the excellent relations between us are enhanced, for the benefit of our people and the continent”, he stated, adding that, “our national positions in multilateral organisations to which we belong remain the same, reinforcing the long history of cooperation we have shared”.

President Atta Mills will remain in Nigeria till Monday, when he will attend the Summit of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government.

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