Accra, Dec. 16, GNA - A new Director for Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL) was on Friday inducted into office at a twin ceremony, which saw the launching of GIL's Golden Jubilee celebrations in Accra.

Dr John Rex Amuzu Gadzekpo, who until his appointment as Director of the Institute, was a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Studies in Humanities, University of Tras-os-Montese e Alto Douro in Vila Real, Portugal and responsible for doctoral seminars of Luso-Afro-Brazilian Cultures component of the Centro de Estudos em Letras (CEL).

He was described in his profile as a widely travelled scholar and a multilingual person who could speak many languages including Ewe, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.