Accra, May 11, GNA – The visiting Zambian President Levy Patrick Mwanamasa would lay a wreath at the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum on Thursday as part of his five-day State visit to Ghana.
A programme released for the visit said President Mwanamasa would hold bilateral talks with his host President John Agyekum Kufuor at the Castle, Osu.
Later in the day President Mwanamasa accompanied by his wife Maureen, would tour the hydro-electric generating plant at Akosombo and a State Banquet would be hosted in their honour in the evening. On Friday May 13, President Mwanamasa and his entourage accompanied by Vice President Aliu Mahama would fly to Kumasi and visit Anglo-Gold Ashanti at Obuasi and be hosted to a dinner by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
On Saturday, Asanteman Council would organize a grand durbar in honour of President Mwanamasa before he returns to Accra the same day. President Mwanamasa ends his visit on Sunday after signing a joint communiqu=E9 with his host. He would depart for Tripoli, Libya, for another four-day State visit before returning home on May 18.
Source: GhanaWeb
