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The West Africa sub-region is dominated by French speaking countries while Ghana is bordered to the north, west and east by francophone countries.
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This was made known by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta when he delivered President Nana Akufo-Addo's maiden budget on Thursday March 2, 2017.
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He said: "Recognising that Ghana is surrounded by French speaking neighbours and in a region dominated by French speaking countries, Government will promote and popularize the teaching and speaking of French in Ghana and leverage our membership of ECOWAS / members of the francophone to facilitate trade and good neighbourliness.
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He added: "We aim that French becomes a second language of our country to promote trade, commerce, business and interaction with our neighbours."