Johnson Smith bestowed with title of Queen of Tourism & Diaspora by Akropong Tribe in Ghana
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Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, Jamaica’s minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, has been honoured by the Akropong Tribe of Ghana as ‘Nana Abena Otwiwa Asiedu’, or Tourism and Diaspora Queen.
Johnson Smith, dressed in Ghanaian traditional garb and received the honour and a naming certificate during an official ceremony at the palace of His Royal Majesty Oseadeeyo Kwasi Akuffo III in May 14.
She was officially welcomed as ‘Akuapem Queen’ in a tweet from His Majesty.
In her response to the Akuapem People, the newly installed Tourism and Diaspora Queen accepted her new title with humility, stating that she looked forward to increased opportunities for Jamaicans to experience their ancestral roots in Ghana and for Ghanaians to travel to the Caribbean island for tourism, business, investment, and cultural exchanges.
In her address, Johnson Smith saluted Jamaican National Heroine Nanny of the Maroons, who the Akuapem People have taken ownership of as a descendant of their tribe.
She concluded her address by reiterating her commitment to the people of the Akuapem Region and her aim to work with all 54 States of the Commonwealth in an effort to transform the organisation and enable it to deliver clear benefits for all of their citizens.
Johnson Smith was on a visit to the African Continent to solidify her bid to become the next Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.
This morning, the challenger to incumbent Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Patricia Scotland was endored the United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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