President Kufuor flooded with courtesy calls

The Office of the President on Monday thanked members of the public for their messages of congratulations and appealed to them to restrict courtesy calls to the most urgent ones for the next three weeks.

A statement signed in Accra by Ms Elizabeth Ohene, government spokesperson, said President John Agyekum Kufuor has been working overtime to put his ministers and other officials in place within the next three weeks.

It said many members have been calling on him and many more want to call on him. Invariably, these calls take a lot of time. "He is therefore appealing to the public to restrict their courtesy calls to the most urgent ones for the next three weeks. Thereafter, a schedule of specific times for the public to call on the president will be announced," its said.

The statement said the sheer volume of the phone calls, telegrams, cards, flowers, letter and personal calls have overwhelmed the first family. "The president will like to express his gratitude to all and emphasise that he will continue to count on the prayers of all to help him do the job he has been elected to do."

The president also thanked those who have written papers and other documents and asked that for the moment, such papers be directed to the ministers as they take their posts