Obama Pays 24-Hour Visit To Ghana
Posted by africanpress on July 11, 2009
As Barack Obama and family pay his 24-Hour Visit to Ghana, countless Liberians are said to be glued to their respective radios to listen to his African speech expected to be delivered the Ghanaian parliament today. “The American President first African visit is historical”, said Joseph Daniels a student of the University of Liberia, “Ghanaians today must be proud to have first black American President visiting their country”, Daniels speaking to the GNN in Monrovia concluded. The historical visit of President Barack Obama to Ghana has also drawn the attention of Liberia’s war crimes advocate, Mulbah Morlue who quickly took off early this week to meet with the American President. According to a local daily, the Liberian war crimes advocate in an interview prior to his departure to Ghana, disclosed that his meeting with the American President will feature the plight of the Liberian people, and appeal to him press for the immediate resignation of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as President of Liberia and all those who have link to war crimes in Liberia. For others who spoke to the GNN said they were convinced that Ghana is progressively moving forward in development, has been appraised by the international community for good governance and meeting the needs for its citizens. |
