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Northern Ghana is an absolute priority for the US – Ambassador

By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh
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Northern Ghana is an absolute priority for the US – Ambassador

US Ambassador Virginia Palmer visits Nuts for Growth in Tamale, Northern Region

On her first official trip in Ghana, US Ambassador Virginia Palmer visited Tamale and Northern Region this week. 

She met with peace and security, economic empowerment, public health, media, and development partners during the two-day trip.  

USAID Ghana Mission Director Kimberly Rosen accompanied the Ambassador.

“Northern Ghana is an absolute priority for the United States, which is why I’m here on my first trip.  From the young people, entrepreneurs, farmers, and civil society and traditional leaders I’ve met, it’s clear this region holds incredible potential.  I am already thinking about my next trip back,” said U.S. Ambassador Virginia Palmer.

The Ambassador met Northern Region Minister and Chairman of the Regional Security Council, Shani Alhassan Shaibu. 

They discussed US Government support for economic and human development in the region and community-based efforts to detect and prevent violent extremism. 

During a visit to the Nuts For Growth shea processing plant, Ambassador Palmer helped launch the Global Shea Alliance and MasterCard Foundation’s Shea Business Empowerment Program. 

The program will work with local shea collectors to transform their informal operations into well-structured small businesses and cooperatives that can more readily achieve economies of scale to participate in the global market for shea. 

Nuts For Growth is also a recipient of a $980,000 grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to catalyze private investment and expand incomes of 20,000 women farmers in the region.

Later, meeting with representatives of the USAID Women in Agriculture Platform, Ambassador Palmer heard about their concerns and challenges with land tenure, water management, and, most recently, fertilizer scarcity.

US Ambassador Virginia Palmer meets newly certified wiring professionals, Tamale, Northern Region

Ambassador Palmer was the keynote speaker at the USAID Wiring Artisans program graduation for 44 newly trained electrical wiring professionals. 

The program focused on teaching professional electrician skills to local residents, including ten women. 

These trained professionals will now enter the local job market with more marketable skills. 

The Ambassador appreciated the contributions they would make to Ghana’s economic development and celebrated the near doubling of women in the field.

She also met with local alumni of the Mandela Washington Fellowship and other U.S. Government exchange programs.

Before departing Tamale, Ambassador Palmer met with Hajia Dr. Kansanwurche Azara Bukari, President of the Savannah Region Queen Mothers Association, to discuss the critical role of traditional leaders in Ghana. 

Source: editors.3news.com|Ghana

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Emmanuel Kwame Amoh is an Online Editor with the current affairs team at Media General, operators of TV3 Ghana, editors.3news.com and more. Email: emmanuel.amoh@editors.3news.com

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