British minister to visit Ghana

The British Secretary of State for International Development, Ms. Clare Short, will pay a four-day visit to Ghana from February 19 to 22.

A statement issued in Accra on Thursday said he ill review with the government current macro-economic and social issues, discuss links between planning for poverty eradication and its impact and assess how the United Kingdom could help.

The statement said Ms. Short hopes to meet President John Agyekum Kufuor and ministers. Ms. Short last visited Ghana in 1998.