Kufuor hosts Köhler, Mbeki

Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com

By William Yaw Owusu

Tuesday September 20, 2011.
FORMER President John Agyekum Kufuor will host two renowned world leaders today as he launches The John Agyekum Kufuor Foundation with the establishment of a center of excellence at the University of Ghana, Legon in Accra.

Apart from a host of dignitaries, the two prominent leaders attending the sod-cutting, lecture and dinner are Horst Köhler, Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany and Thabo Mbeki, Former President of the Republic of South Africa.

The schedule of activities include a courtesy calls on Vice-President John Dramani Mahama at the Castle, Osu, sod cutting at Legon, followed by a lecture and later in the evening a dinner all in Accra today.

The next day, former President Kufuor and his guests will fly to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to inspect the on-going construction of ‘John A. Kufuor Presidential Library and Museum’, unveil a plaque and interact with the Vice Chancellor Prof William Otoo Ellis and the students.

The entourage would then move to the city center to pay a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at the Manhyia Palace before emplaning to Accra to see off President Köhler to Germany.

According to Frank Agyekum, spokesperson of the former President, the sod-cutting will take place on the campus of the University of Ghana and the lecture held at the Great Hall of the university.

He said the inaugural lecture which will be addressed by President Kohler on the theme “Walking the Tightrope: Balancing State, Market and Society,” and chaired by Professor Ernest Ayittey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana.

He also said former President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa will be the featured speaker at the dinner to be held at the Banquet Hall, State House.

Former President Kufuor in an interview with Metro TV last week said he would use the foundation to promote excellence in education.

He said in places like the United States, former presidents established such facilities in their hometowns and had impacted positively in societies.
Both former Presidents Kohler and Mbeki arrived in the country yesterday.