[ 2012-05-05 ]

Obama endorses positive posture of Mills Administration - Koku Anyidoho
Accra, May 05, GNA- Mr Koku Anyidoho, Director of
Communications at the Presidency, has said the
invitation of President Mills to attend the G8
Summit is an indication of the endorsement of the
positive political posture exuded by the Mills
Administration

He said it was no surprise that President Mills
has been invited after the Better Ghana Agenda,
with its good governance structures and practices
were considered.

Speaking to newsmen on the invitation, shortly
after the arrival of President Mills from
attending an emergency ECOWAS meeting in Dakar,
Senegal, Mr Anyidoho said the invitation was a
signal that the world was watching the good
performance of the President under whose care the
features of democracy had been strengthened or
expanded.

These features included rule of law, stable
economy, openness and transparency, freedom of the
press and a vibrant civil society.

President Obama invited President Mills, Yahya
Boni of Benin, Ato Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia and
Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete to the summit
which comes off on May 18 and 19, 2012 at Camp
David, the country retreat in Washington DC.

Conspicuously missing from the invitation list are
Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria and South Africa's
Jacob Zuma.

Mr Anyidoho said the summit will amongst others
serve as a platform to discuss issues of food
security facing the African continent adding that
the selection of President Mills from more than 50
other African leaders was a plus for Ghana.

“This is not an end in itself, but a means to an
end,” Mr Anyidoho said, and assured Ghanaians that
the President would continue to work assiduously
to satisfy their aspirations and keep the Better
Ghana programme, which is on course in focus.

The core participants of the summit are Canada,
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United
Kingdom and the USA as well as the European
Union.

The G8 countries are France, Britain, Italy,
Germany, Canada, Japan, the US and Russia

Source - GNA

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