The President has left for the U.S. to attend a high-level event to mark the achievement of the Qatar Foundation’s commitment to enrol ten million children to receive quality primary school education.

President Nana Akufo-Addo is attending the event in his capacity as co-Chair of the Group of Advocates of Eminent Persons of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

His visit is at the invitation of Moza Bint Nasser, Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, in partnership with the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF).

President Akufo-Addo will also be in Sacramento where he will deliver the keynote address at the 27th Annual Africa Peace Awards and will launch the African Peace Fellows Programme at the California State University, Sacramento.

He was accompanied by the Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway and officials from the Presidency and Foreign Ministry.

President Akufo-Addo and the delegation will return to Ghana on April 30. The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will be acting in his stead.