President John Mahama will leave Accra at the weekend for the Vatican City on an official visit.
Joy News' Elton John Brobbey reported this from Parliament where official notice was sent and read to members by the Speaker, Edward Doe Adjaho, Thursday.
Elton said the Speaker announced to the House that President Mahama will leave Accra on Sunday and return on Tuesday, November 11, 2014.
The Vatican City is the smallest internationally recognized independent state in the world by both area and population.
The state is ruled by the Bishop of Rome—the Pope.
The president's itinerary was not stated in the notice.
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The meeting by Parliament's Committee on Employment has been triggered by the workers' threat to resume the strike.
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