Continue with humanitarian work- Vice President Amissah-Arthur urges Japan

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has encouraged the Japanese government to continue with its international humanitarian work in spite of the gruesome murder of its nationals, Kenji Goto and Haruna Yakawa by Islamist militant ISIS. 

He expressed condolence to the bereaved families during an interaction at the Flagstaff House in Accra with 56 Japanese volunteers working in institutions across the country. 

He thanked the Japanese volunteers for accepting to work in Ghana, sometimes in remote and deprived communities. Vice President Amissah-Arthur said the government is making effort to integrate the physically challenged into the larger society. 

In view of this a number of specialised schools have been established to cater for their educational needs. 

He, however, said, the challenge still for them is their inability to access most public places or buildings. The murder of the two Japanese has attracted worldwide condemnation. 

Vice President Amissah-Arthur, joined the Japanese ambassador to Ghana, Kaoru Yoshimura and the volunteers to observe a minute's silence in the memory of the two.   

Vice President Amissah Arthur advised the volunteers especially those into science related subjects to encourage female students to go into the pure sciences. 

Ambassador Yoshimura announced that Ghana has the largest number of Japanese volunteers in the world. He explained that Ghana has become the favorite destination of most of the volunteers due to cultural similarities, hospitality of Ghanaians and the prevailing peace. 

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