Accra, Feb 25, GNA – President John Evans Atta Mills on
Friday inaugurated Mr Ken Kanda, immediate past Director of
State Protocol, as Ghana’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He administered the Oath of Office, Oath of Allegiance and
Oath of Secrecy to the Envoy and presented him with the
Scroll of Office. President Mills invoked divine blessing on the Ambassador
Designate for a successful duty tour. “Ken, let Good Lord direct your steps; and I believe at the
end of the day people will appreciate the sacrifices you have
made,” President Mills said. The President expressed his appreciation to Mr Kanda for
his services to him and the nation, describing him as an
excellent ambassador and director. President Mills shared a joke before the beginning of the
ceremony, when Kwame Tenkorang- Asamoah, the immediate
past Ghana’s Ambassador to Japan, who takes over from Mr
Kanda as Director of State Protocol, stood to introduce the
envoy. “This is a case of a doctor becoming a patient,” President
Mills said, adding: 93I have been fortunate in life, and also in
politics to have worked with Mr Kanda.” Mr Kanda, a career diplomat, took over from Mr Kwabena
Wudu as Director of State Protocol on the assumption of the
Mills Administration in 2009. Alhaji Mohammad Mumuni, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
described the Ambassador Designate as an excellent team-
player, with excellence as his trademark. He urged him to work to maintain Ghana’s respectable
position at the UN. Alhaji Mumuni said maintaining the respectable position at
the UN would even be more challenging because Ghana had
carved a respectable high profile image for itself, and its human resource pedigree was still high at the
world body. He urged the Ambassador Designate to maintain the
enviable record and acquit himself creditably in his new
position. Mr Henry Martey Newman, Chief of Staff at the Office of
the President, who described Mr Kanda as humble centred
personality, urged him to reflect the President’s whole leadership personality of selfless service. “May you live to espouse the ideals of the President and
keep the Ghana flag flying higher,” Mr Newman said. Mr Kanda thanked President Mills for the opportunity to serve Ghana in the capacity as Director of State Protocol
