Ghana’s Second Lady, Mrs. Matilda Amissah-Arthur arrived in Windhoek, Namibia, last weekend to participate in a high level meeting of leaders and emerging leaders from African librarianship.
The Second Lady, a Librarian by profession and former President of Ghana Library Association, is one of only twelve experts invited to participate in the meeting that will deliberate on strategies to include in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) which will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) which end this year. Another Ghanaian librarian, Madam Helena Asamoah Hassan is among the twelve.
The Librarian of the University of Namibia, UNAM, is hosting the meeting. Meetings are also scheduled with Namibian First Lady, Monica Geingos and the Minister of Education.
Mrs Amissah-Arthur has appeared on “Good Morning Namibia”, a flagship programme on NBC Television to discuss the importance of Libraries for development. Mrs. Amissah-Arthur used the opportunity to meet with some leading Ghanaians resident in Namibia. From right, Professor Baloro, Dean of the Law Faculty, Professor Odonkor, Dean of the Medical School, both of UNAM, Mrs. Odonkor, the Second Lady and Alhaji Abdul-Rahman Harruna Attah, MOV, Ghana’s High Commissioner to Namibia and Botswana.
Credit: Ghana High Commission, Windhoek.
