Kufuor not invited to welcome Obama
By Awudu Salami Sule
Accra, July 8, Ghanadot - Contrary to media report that former President Kufuor
and former Vice President Aliu Mahama have been invited to
join President Mills to welcome President Barack Obama at
Kotoka International Airport, the spokesperson for the
former President has denied the story.
The Lens Newspaper on Tuesday claimed the former first
family as well as the former Vice President, Alhaji Aliu
Mahama have been invited for the activities.
Mr Frank Agyekum, spokesperson to ex-President John Agyekum
Kufuor said his boss was yet to
receive invitation for the welcoming ceremony of US
President Barack Obama.
He told citi News that barely three days away for that
historic visit by the US President, former President Kufuor
has not been officially invited and the publication by the
Lens newspaper was false.
Asked if Mr. Kufuor will accept late invitation, Mr. Agyekum
said the ex-president is a statesman and will do anything to
give the country a good image.
"If the invitation is brought, he will attend," he stressed.
He said, the ex-president returned to the country last week
from trips to Geneva and New York where he delivered key
statements to world leaders and will be available for the
historic visit.
The US President is set to arrive Friday night and will
depart Sunday, July 12, 2009.
He is expected to have a breakfast meeting with President
John Evans Atta Mills also pay a courtesy call on the Chiefs
and people of Cape Coast in the Central Region where he will
tour the Cape Coast Castle.
Ghanadot
