U.S. President Barack Obama makes his first trip to Sub-Saharan Africa as president this week. He is going to Ghana after stops in Russia and Italy and the country is making preparations for the historic visit.
Ghana is getting ready for President Barack Obama’s visit with a fresh coat of white paint on the curbs along his route and a series of billboards – some welcoming the president and first lady, others showing the president with Ghanian leader John Atta-Mills under the words: Partnership for Change.
President Mills won election earlier this year in a hard-fought, closely-contested vote that saw the ruling party concede defeat.
At Accra’s main fire station, rescue workers say the decision by America’s first black president to make this country his first stop in Sub-Saharan Africa reflects Ghana’s political maturity.
“We are the first country to show maturity in elections because all other countries, after or before elections, there are fights and all this misunderstanding,” she said. “But we comport ourselves and go accordingly on the electoral procedure.”
Her colleague says Mr. Obama’s visit will help focus attention on Ghana’s stability.
Source: voanews.com
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