Vice President Bawumia (fourth from right) with Ambassador Sullivan (fourth from left), Ms. Kim Kyeh (Centre), Charles Adu Boahene (Right) Deputy Minister of Finance and other Officials from MiDA and MCC.
Ghana’s Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has met with a five-member US Delegation, led by H.E. Stephanie Sullivan, the US Ambassador to Ghana.
The delegation comprised Madam Kyeh Kim, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Principal Deputy Vice President in charge of Compact Operations, Mr. Bryan Mabry, Deputy Vice President for Finance and Administration, Madam Alicia Robinson-Morgan, Managing Director for the Department of Compact Operations and Mrs. Elizabeth Feleke, Acting Resident Country Director for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), in the Jubilee House, Accra.
The visit was to discuss the Government of Ghana’s potential participation in a Regional Compact and to seek government’s assurance of support.
Ghana has been selected as a potential beneficiary of a Regional Compact Programme, on the back of the progress made in the implementation of the Power Compact, and the need to facilitate the effective distribution of excess power, available in Ghana, to needy neighbours, by strengthening and improving on existing transmission infrastructure.
The Vice President expressed appreciation to the US Government and the MCC for their consistency in supporting Ghana’s energy sector and overall development agenda.
He assured the delegation of government’s commitment to facilitating the processes that would ensure the success of MCC’s investments in energy, and, in particular, the potential Regional Compact that encompasses a new Ghana-Burkina Faso Transmission Line.
