Rawlings and Kufuor to welcome Obama at airport
Andrews Zugah - Ghanadot
Accra, 9th July, Ghanadot - Former Presidents Jerry John
Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuor and their spouses will be
part of the welcoming party to receive American President
Barack Obama when he arrives in the country tomorrow.
Koku Anyidoho, Communications Director at the
Presidency, said that President J.E.A Mills had invited
former President J. J. Rawlings, former President Kufuor and
former Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama to join other
dignitaries to welcome President Obama.
However, preparations have been by
the Castle, the seat of
government, to receive the US President.
Letters have been sent to Mr. Kufuor and Alhaji
Mahama.
“It is a matter of
Ghana and not about partisan politics,” he said and
expressed the hope that they would honour the invitation.
He said preparations by the Castle “are far advanced and on
Saturday when he arrives at the Castle, we will be ready to
receive him (Obama).
Mr. Anyidoho said there would be bilateral
discussions between Presidents Mills and Obama at the
Credentials Hall which would be preceded by a breakfast
meeting at the Castle lawns to which the two former
President’s have been invited.
A joint press briefing would take place at
the Kotoka International Airport, prior to the departure of
President Obama where about 1,500 journalists would have the
opportunity to speak to the two Presidents, he said.
He said it was unfortunate that the out-door
event planned earlier at the Independence Square could not
materialize due to the unpredictability of the weather and
added, however that Ghanaians should make the best out of
the moment.
Ghanadot
