File #: 14-0901    Version: 1 Name: Support for Visa application
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 6/16/2014 In control: Municipal Council and City Clerk
On agenda: 6/18/2014 Final action: 6/24/2014
Title: Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Supporting Purpose: Supporting the visa application of Daniel Amakye Dede and his musicians to the United States; further inviting Daniel Amakye Dede and his musicians to the City of Newark during his visit to the United States on or about July 1, 2014. Additional Information:
Sponsors: Mildred C. Crump, John Sharpe James
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Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action:  (   ) Ratifying     (X) Authorizing     (   ) Amending
Type of Service: Supporting           
Purpose:   Supporting the visa application of Daniel Amakye Dede and his musicians to the United States; further inviting Daniel Amakye Dede and his musicians to the City of Newark during his visit to the United States on or about July 1, 2014.
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WHEREAS, Daniel Amakye Dede is a world-renowned musician in Ghana and toured the United States in 1997; and
 
WHEREAS, Daniel Amakye Dede and his band (Emmanuel Kuranchie-Pong, John Nortey, Sheikh Ahmed Peprah, Dominic Dally) have applied for non-immigrant visas to visit the United States; and
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNTIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT,
 
It does hereby support the visa application of Daniel Amakye Dede and his musicians from Ghana  to the United States of America
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT The Newark Municipal Council does hereby invite Daniel Amakye Dede and his musicians to visit the City of Newark New Jersey, which is the legal residence of numerous Ghanaian nationals on or about July 1, 2014.
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT a certified copy of this resolution be forwarded to the United State Diplomatic Mission in Accra, Ghana, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker, U.S. Representatives Donald M. Payne, Jr. and Albio Sires, Newark Mayor Luis Quintana, along with Members of the Newark Municipal Council and Daniel Amakye Dede for their records and appropriate action.
   
          
              
      STATEMENT
 
Resolution supporting the visa application of Daniel Amakye Dede and his musicians to the United States, and on and about July 1, 2014.