THE WORLD AS IT IS NOW HAS BECOME A GLOBAL VILLAGE WHERE THERE IS INTER-DEPENDENCE AMONGST COUNTRIES. INASMUCH AS THIS
IS AN IDEAL, IT LOOKS AS IF IT HAS BECOME A ONE-WAY AFFAIR, THAT IS DEVELOPING AND UNDER-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEPENDING LARGELY IF NOT SOLELY ON THE DEVELOPED ONES.
IT IS IN VIEW OF THIS THAT LOADS AND LOADS OF ANNOUNCEMENTS PRECEEDED THE COMING OF THE US PRESIDENT TO AFRICA ESPECIALLY GHANA. RUMOUR HAS IT THAT THE US GOVERNMENT WANTED TO ESTABLISH A MILITARY BASE IN GHANA.
ALTHOUGH THESE CONCERNS DID NOT SEEM SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH, THEY WERE GENUINE CONCERNS RAISED BY A PEOPLE WHO LOVED THEIR COUNTRY TO BITS. HOWEVER,THE MAN IN QUESTION FINALLY ''LANDED'' TO AVERT THESE ASSERTIONS BY GHANAIANS OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
IT IS AMAZING HOW MR BUSH''S ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS MAIN AGENDA SEEMED TO ALLAYTHESE FEARS. HIS VISIT WAS IN THREE-FOLDS; TO ENGAGE IN TALKS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TO REVIEW PROGRESS MADE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS AND TO HELP FIGHT MALARIA AND TROPICAL DISEASES.
IT WAS INDEED A LAUDABLE VISIT SINCE HE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING THE YET TO BE CONSTRUCTED TETTEH-QUARSHIE MALLAM HIGHWAY NAMED AFTER HIM;THE GEORGE BUSH HIGHWAY. ISN''T IT WONDERFUL THAT THE MUCH AWAITED VISIT YIELDED POSITIVE RESULTS FOR THE ENTIRE NATION? THIS WILL REALLY ENHANCE GHANA-US TIES.