Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey is a Ghanaian politician, diplomat and lawyer who has served as the seventh secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1 April 2025. At the time of her appointment, she was Ghana's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. She was appointed foreign minister by Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo on 10 January 2017. Previously, she was a Member of Pa
"I congratulate President Akufo-Addo for his leadership. I also commend our team in NewYork, my own Ministry and the Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on the United Nations Security Council, which I set up to advise me ."
"Today is a great day for Africa and for diplomacy. Working with our partners around the world, we have taken a giant step to end the many threats to international peace and security in our region."
"I told my officers to put up an online system. Now, the online system is being manipulated so that people can make money off it."
"I cant find words to describe it. It was not an easy one, it was a tough one especially combining it with the work that I do and the travels. but by the grace of God, I am through and I am now a lawyer ."
"We want to bring some sanity. Every time, we saypoliticians are corrupt, meanwhile, it is some public and civil servants who will do things that shouldnt be one, and then they will be put it on politicians. We are trying to bring sanity into the system but no."
"It is wrong. How can one hundred Ghana cedis for standard service to acquire a passport and one hundred and fifty cedis for expedited service be bumped up to GHS2000 and GHS3000,it is wrong."
