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Melania Trump, US First Lady Arrives Ghana
Melania Trump, US First Lady has arrived Ghana for her solo tour of Africa, which is billed as a chance to carve her own diplomatic path.
Melania Trump who was met by her Ghanaian counterpart Rebecca Akufo-Addo and a group of local schoolchildren in yellow and brown uniforms waving the US stars and stripes and the Ghanaian flag, stepped off an overnight flight from Andrews Airforce Base near Washington and onto a red carpet at Accra’s Kotoka International Airport.
Mrs Trump’s week-long trip to the continent is seen as helping to heal some of the divisions, and it is expected that she will also promote her Be Best initiative which aims to tackle issues such as cyberbullying and boost healthy living. She tweeted that the campaign was going “international”.
Mrs Trump before now, said that she was looking forward to visiting “four beautiful and very different countries in Africa”.
“She is interested in Africa because she has never been before and knows that each country will have its own unique history and culture.” Stephanie Grisham, her communications director, said.
Mrs Trump also said she was looking forward to working with Ghana’s First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo, to promote quality healthcare for mothers and newborns and nutrition in young children. The US First Lady further said she looks forward to understanding how the US can continue working together with Malawi to support a USAid program, that is focused on children’s education.
She also highlighted the work the US was doing in Kenya to support early-childhood education, wildlife conservation, and HIV prevention.
“My final stop, which is Egypt, will focus on the country’s tourism and conservation projects, but I know that through USAid, we have worked with the people of Egypt to promote an environment in which all groups of society – including women and religious minorities – can lead productive and healthy lives,” she said.
Anonymous
October 3, 2018 at 11:59 am
Shame to zoo Nigeria
Anonymous
October 3, 2018 at 7:31 am
SHE REACHED GHANA ! JST TWO STEPS TO NIGERIA BT SHE DIDN’T PUT NIGERIA AS PART OF HER VISIT!!!!, NIGERIANS YOU BETTER BE PREAPERED FOR THE WORST BCOS THT COUNTRY VERY SOON UNA GO DEY DRINK UNA OIL. ONCE THE WHITE MANGETS ALTERNATIVE THEY WILL ABANDONED AFRICA TO IT FATE.
Anonymous
October 2, 2018 at 9:15 pm
It’s only greedy outside leader who might be looking for OIL DROPPINGS will pretendly visit Nigeria…. are they not hearing the killings of unarmed innocent people in South East, Benue, Plateau and other areas in Nigeria?? Are they not seeing the economic woes of an oil boom country?? Are they not seeing the over aged age grade controlling a modern digital country?? Are they not seeing how election is being conducted in a country that claim to practice democracy?? Are they not seeing the lies & manipulation of Nigeria?? Are they not seeing the way Nigerian Judiciary is being run??….etc. If na u, u go come??????
Anonymous
October 2, 2018 at 4:59 pm
Highly welcome., the finest
Anonymous
October 2, 2018 at 4:50 pm
If it had been nigeria, some APC supporters will be shouting
Anonymous
October 2, 2018 at 3:44 pm
She can’t come to Nigeria because Nigeria is dead zone.
Anonymous
October 2, 2018 at 3:01 pm
Why would a human being come to zoo land called nigeria? Unless u are kin to wild animals then u can visit zoo land.
Anonymous
October 2, 2018 at 2:49 pm
The zoo will fall by 2019
Anonymous
October 2, 2018 at 2:29 pm
We must finish zoo reputations,let BIAFRA go without dat no good things shall be coming to zoo anymore… BIAFRA or nothing.
Anonymous
October 2, 2018 at 2:15 pm
She can’t come Nigeria why ? And the answer is that Nigeria is a terrorist country.
Anonymous
October 2, 2018 at 2:03 pm
I remember one those days you have to come Nigeria first before going to any country in Africa, when Clinton, and later George bush was US President. How Nigeria falls so fast