Ghana, 2 neighbours hold week-long bilateral engagement

Ghana is currently holding two separate bilateral meetings with Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire in Wa in the Upper West Region to harmonise and validate legal texts that will govern the establishment and operationalisation of local groups for cross-border cooperation (LGCBCs) between Ghana and each of the other two countries.

The initiative, which is expected to end today, Saturday, August 29, seeks to strengthen cooperation, promote dialogue and facilitate information sharing and joint action among communities and local-level state and non-state actors along the common boundary in the Savannah and Upper West regions.

Meeting The Deputy Commissioner General of the Ghana Boundary Commission (GhBC), Frederick Somuah Obeng, at the opening of the first bilateral meeting between Ghana and Burkina Faso indicated that the initiative sought to build robust and sustainable local structures between the targeted cross-border districts and communities of the two countries.