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Farewell President Bush
Accra, Feb. 21, Ghanadot/GNA - After two days stay in Ghana,
US President George Bush left Accra on Thursday for Liberia
on a trip will mark the end of his second trip to Africa.
President Bush visited Ghana as
part of an African tour that has also taken him to Benin,
Tanzania and Rwanda.
He was seen off by a government delegation led by President
John Agyekum Kufuor.
President Bush, who was accompanied by his wife Laura and a
large delegation, held talks with President Kufuor, had
lunch with Peace Corps and interacted with beneficiaries of
the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
He also addressed a press conference with President Kufuor
during which he announced a 17 million-dollar package to
fight malaria in Ghana and 350 million dollars over five
years for the fight against neglected tropical diseases.
President Bush allayed the concern of many Ghanaian when he
unequivocally stated that the US did not intend to establish
a military base in Ghana.
At a banquet held in his honour on Wednesday night,
President Kufuor announced that the 14-Kilometre
Mallam-Tetteh Quarshie Road, to be reconstructed into a
first class six-lane dual carriageway at a cost of 101
million dollars, would be called George Bush Motorway.
He is the second sitting US President after Bill Clinton to
visit Ghana.
GNA
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