Havana, April 24 (RHC) -- Joyce Adelina Banford, president of the National Assembly of the Republic of Ghana, expressed her appreciation for the help her country has received from Cuba in various fields.

   
While meeting with Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba’s National Assembly of the People’s Power, Adelina Banford highlighted the island’s contribution in the training of medical staff and other health specialists. She said that Cuban physicians work in Ghana’s hospitals and have obtained great prestige among the population for their professionalism and commitment.
   
Cuba has been acknowledged for the cooperation it gives to countries in need, according to the Ghanaian parliamentarian, who recalled that her country was the first on the African continent to establish diplomatic relations with Cuba after the triumph of the Revolution in 1959.
   
During the meeting, she presented a Kempte -- a traditional Ghanaian costume -- as a gift to Ricardo Alarcón.   

   
Adelina Bonford has been heading the Ghanaian parliament since 2009, and she’s the first woman to occupy this post, which is third in hierarchy in the African state.
   
Prior to this post, she also held other positions at the Supreme Court and was her country’s Attorney General between 1963 and 1973.  In 1991, she was appointed president of the Supreme Court, a post she held until 2004. 

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