Ablakwa confers with Ghana’s longest serving Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Designate , Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has met with Ghana’s longest serving Minister Obed Yao Asamoah to discuss a myriad of issues following his appointment.

Obed Asamoah who is now 89, served as Foreign Minister for some 16 years between 1981 and 1997 during the President Rawlings era.

He is also the only Foreign Minister to have simultaneously occupied the position of Attorney-General and Minister of Justice.

Sharing the news on Facebook on Saturday (25 January), Ablakwa said ”It has been a genuinely great honour visiting and consulting with Dr. Obed Yao Asamoah, Ghana’s longest serving Foreign Minister.”

”I am extremely grateful to the extraordinary statesman and member of the NDC’s Council of Elders for receiving me in his home today; for his kind encouragement; for his blessings; for his generous insights; and for his perspectives which was a masterclass.”

He added ”It was additionally refreshing hearing him express confidence that President Mahama will succeed with his foreign policy objectives. God bless all our outstanding patriots for paving the way for the younger generation.”