Mr Isaac Osei, Ghana's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom has urged Ghanaians to help break the barriers of ethnicity and political divisiveness and move forward together as one great nation.

A release from the High Commission made available to the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday said the High Commissioner made the remarks at a reception held for a cross-section of Ghanaians, the Diplomatic corps as well as friends

of Ghana to mark the nation's 45th Independence anniversary in London.

He said the history of the world was replete with tales of countries that had developed through the contribution and ingenuity of their own people and called on Ghanaians to prepare themselves for the task of nation-building and wealth creation.

Mr Osei urged Ghanaians to continue to work towards the ever-yearning desire of the founding fathers to build a buoyant economy and prosperous country in freedom, justice and tranquillity.

In conveying the greetings of President J.A. Kufour to the gathering, he paid tribute to the nation's forebears through whose efforts independence was won and urged Ghanaians to emulate the national heroes and contribute their quota to the socio-economic development of the country.

Mr Isaac Osei said the government was committed to the noble ideas of independence as manifested by the radical measures that it had taken to entrench democratic government and the enjoyment of the fundamental human rights and freedoms.

The reception was interspersed with classical Ghanaian highlife music and cultural performances by the RMI Dance Band and Adidzo cultural troupe.