07 Jul 2009
The public engagement of US President Barack Obama in Accra, where he is to make a major policy statement on Africa, has been shifted from the Independence Square to the International Conference Centre because of the uncertainty of the weather. The Communications Director at the Presidency, Mr Koku Anyidoho, told the Daily Graphic that the government was concerned that rains might disrupt the programme scheduled to take place on Saturday. Mr Anyidoho said from the reading of the weather, the state ought to be saved from the embarrassment of the rain disrupting the programme since the international spotlight would be on Ghana during the visit. Besides, he said, it would amount to "a waste of resources" to the state if the government mounted tents, arranged seats and decorated the Independence Square only for the programme to be disrupted by the rain.
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