Kintampo (BE/R) Feb. 11, GNA – Mr Sugandh Rajaram, the Indian High Commissioner to Ghana, has visited tourist sites in the Bono East Region as part of his four-day working visit to the region.
The High Commissioner, accompanied by Mr Kwasi Adu-Gyan, the Bono East Regional Minister, was conducted around the Kintampo Water Falls and the Fuller Falls, in the Kintampo North Municipality and the Boabeng-Fiama Monkey Sanctuary in the Nkoranza North District. Later addressing the students and tutors of the College of Health and Well-Being in Kintampo, Mr Rajaram gave the assurance of India’s readiness to promote educational exchange programmes between the College and key universities in India.
He explained that India remained a hub to produce medicine, hence the need to facilitate the exchange programmes to provide fair opportunities for students and tutors of the College to under-study universities in India.
Mr Rajaram said India was considering providing educational scholarships to 600 Ghanaian students to be trained in plant medicine and entrepreneurship.
Describing the tourist sites as interesting, the Indian High Commissioner promised to connect the region to investors to develop the sites to boost eco-tourism in the region.
He commended the chiefs and people of the region for their hospitality, saying “we would continue to see Bono East as our second home”.
On his part, Mr Adu-Gyan, said plans were far advanced to upgrade the College to a University of Health, Engineering and Allied Sciences.
Tourism, he explained, was another lucrative enterprise that could enhance the region’s revenue mobilization and appealed to the High Commissioner to help develop the sites.
GNA