Accra — A remarkable event took place at the Accra International Conference Centre on the 9th of March, 2026, featuring the presentation of citizenship certificates by the Vice President H.E. Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, along with some government officials, ministers of state and members of diplomatic corporations.
This event highlighted the country’s attempts to intensify the collaboration with people of African descent around the world and also to strengthen bonds between the country and the diaspora.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang expressed her disregard for the transatlantic slave trade in the history of Africans and therefore stated it now to be a great crime.
“The history of the transatlantic slave trade remains one of the darkest chapters in human civilisation.
Ghana has therefore taken a principled decision that the Transatlantic Slave Trade must be formally recognised by the international community as one of the gravest crimes against humanity,” Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said.
The minister for the interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, characterised the diaspora as Ghana’s seventeenth region and Africa’s sixth region.
“The global community acknowledges slavery as a crime against humanity. Ghana is, therefore, proud to play the leading role in reconnecting Africa with its global family, demonstrating that citizenship can serve not only as a legal status but also as a bridge linking history, identity and a shared future,” he added.
Story by: Samuella Mantebea Okanta
