ACCRA, October 04 – Ghana’s cabinet has approved the establishment of more Honorary Consulates in Italy, Croatia and Slovenia and other areas where there are significant numbers of Ghanaians and/or potential for increased trade. This was contained in a statement issued by Mr J.K. Bebaako-Mensah, Secretary to the Cabinet on decisions taken at its sitting on September 21. The statement said cabinet noted that the Honorary Consulates do not involve any cost to government but that potential Honorary Consulates must be carefully selected and must have the necessary commitment, resources and business and official connections.
It said Cabinet also approved the National Science and Technology Policy, which provides the basic framework to ensure that science and technology forms the foundation for the country’s development as outlined in vision 2020 document, the government’s blueprint for socio-economic development.
The statement said the Minister in charge of the Gender Desk at the Presidency presented recommendations arising from the 23rd special session of the UN on women. It also approved in principle the need for legislation to provide backing for affirmative action and gender mainstreaming and requested the submission of specific draft legislation for consideration.
The statement said cabinet also considered an IDA (International Development Agency) credit agreement for 67 million dollars for the agricultural services sub-sector investment project.
It asked the minister of food and agriculture to explore the possibility of restructuring the agreement to provide a component for more direct assistance to farmers in production, marketing and processing
