Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey on Wednesday, March 26, called on President John Dramani Mahama, ahead of her assumption of duty as the 7th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth on 1st April.
Ayorkor Botchwey said she was grateful for his support for her candidature during the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth elections last year.
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“I look forward to strengthened collaboration between Ghana and the Commonwealth in the coming years,” she wrote on her X page.
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey won the hotly contested Commonwealth Secretary-General elections.
She won the election with an overwhelming majority from the Heads of Government who cast their votes at a retreat in Apia.
In an artwork posted by the X page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Madam Ayokor Boatchey said ” Grateful to Commonwealth leaders for their trust.”
In a post on X by the official handle of the Secretariat, @commonwealthsec, the minister was selected by the Commonwealth Heads of Government at the meeting.
“Today at #CHOGM2024, Commonwealth Heads of Government have selected the Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, currently the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana, as the incoming Secretary-General of the Commonwealth,” the post read.
The outgoing Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland in a post on her X page said “It is my honour to pass the baton to my dear sister, the Hon Shirley @AyorkorBotchwey , who will succeed me as the next Commonwealth Secretary-General. She will be uniquely blessed, as I have been, to hold this office and serve our precious Commonwealth.”
