Ghana, and China, have assigned the Implementation Agreement of the China-Aid Annex Office Building Project for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration.
The agreement signing took place in Accra between Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, and Mr Lu Kun, the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana.
Madam Ayorkor Botchwey lauded the warm and cordial relations Ghana enjoyed with China and the support that China continued to make towards Ghana’s socio-economic development.
"This Ministry, in particular, remains appreciative of the building of our Headquarters in 2013 and now the construction of the Annex Office Building. Ghana cherishes the bonds of friendship and our continued engagement and collaboration in several other areas of national endeavour," she said.
"The construction of the Annex Office Building project is of great importance to the Ministry as the facility will resolve the problem of inadequate office space which has been occasioned by the increase in the number of staff."
She announced that both parties had successfully concluded negotiations, which began about three years ago.
The Minister said both parties had agreed and signed the Minutes of Meetings for the onsite feasibility study in June 2019 as well as the Letter of Exchange of Note with the Ministry of Finance for the project in June 2020.
"Today we are signing the Implementation Agreement for the commencement of the China-Aid Annex Office Building Project, as the next step in this collaborative effort."
The China-Aid Annex Office Building Project is to be funded by the Chinese Government under the Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation between China and Ghana.
The Project is a Six-Storey building to be situated at the south of the existing office building.
The Project will include ultra-modern office space for the Minister, the Chief Director, Directors, and Officers, and will host a Conference Room, Press Room, Banquet Hall, Gym, Clinic, Flag Holding room, and underground Parking Lot.
Madam Ayorkor Botchwey said for the past two weeks, the Ghana side had been working assiduously with the Team of Experts led by Mr Shen Gang to undertake further investigations on the assessment and evaluation of the Design Scheme and Architectural drawings of the Annex Office building project.
Mr Lu said the Foreign Ministry annex building office building project was a very important gesture from the Chinese Government to the Government and People of Ghana.
Source: GNA
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President Akuffu Addo, these are the things we Ghanaians are not happy with. Always begging for gifts from out Bilateral and Multilateral organizations, particularly, China. The Good Book says and I Quote "Deuteronomy 16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous (KJV)." No wonder, Aiysha Wuan or whatever the name may be was left off the hooks of the Ghanaian Law by your own government. For the cost of Galamsey far outstrips all these buildings Altogether. You claimed gold export to UAE alone in one year amounted up to Five Billion US Dollars but our own Ghanaian gold exports never got near half that amount. These massive difference can only be accounted for by these attitudes and many more. Supported by Osafo Marfo's assigned reasons for not prosecuting Miss Wuan. NPP, you know very well that your support base is among the middle class who are well aware these types of maladies in your government, such people you can not control or deceive. Thus, these types of transaction are not in your interest. Please, Don't be as selfish as Kufour and conduct yourself such that you loose the opportunity to win 2024 and erase all that you have toiled for the country within this period. STOP THESE FREEBIES as THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH. CHALLENGE GHANAIANS TO HARD-WORK