Kufuor for All

\"Kufuor For All,\" seems to be the clear message of millions of Ghanaians who lined the streets last weekend as the President went through three regions to Kumasi and back, reports \'The Statesman\'.

The three-day visit to Oseikrom afforded President J.A. Kufuor the opportunity to reach out to Muslims, Christians and traditionalists with his message of thanks.

For the people, it was an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the man they voted into the presidency and to renew their confidence in him. This they did in style.

All the way from Accra, through towns in the Eastern Region to the Ashanti capital and back, millions lined the highway to hail him.

Puncturing the air with the \'asee ho\' slogan which has come to represent the power of the thumb and of the vote, the crowds burst onto the streets, thumbs shot out, and pointed downward to indicate whom they voted for - Kufuor and the NPP.

Explosions of joy in a renewal of the people\'s confidence was aptly described by scenes on the Accra-Kumasi highway, as crowds rushed from their homes at the noise of the siren, to herald the President\'s approach. Some tried to obstruct the convoy as they threw themselves spread-eagled in front of the motorcade while the women spread their cloths on the road and typical of him, the President slowed down the convoy at all such points sending the crowds into frenzy.

Kumasi, the story said, never seems to have witnessed Mr Kufuor\'s kind of arrival, as homes were emptied of their tenants, who spent hours in the scorching sun, climbing every available tree or pole to take a look at the President.

\"Crowds gathered along every route on which the President passed for the entire three days his trip lasted, and every inch of space at every forum he showed up was taken up,\" it said. The high point of his trip to Kumasi was on Saturday, when President Kufuor visited Kejetia to familiarise himself with the 15 billion rehabilitation project.