President Bola Tinubu has pledged Nigeria’s unwavering assist to Ghana’s newly inaugurated President, John Mahama, throughout his swearing-in ceremony held in Accra on Tuesday.
Talking to a gathering of dignitaries, diplomats, and residents, Tinubu lauded Mahama as a pacesetter of imaginative and prescient and integrity, whose tenure would herald a brand new period of prosperity for Ghana and strengthen its collaboration with Nigeria.
“Even once we disagree, we should select the trail of peaceable dialogue. Your new President is a person of patriotic imaginative and prescient and substance; he loves his nation and folks to the core. Mahama and I share a deep friendship,” Tinubu stated.
In his tackle, Tinubu emphasised Nigeria’s readiness to help Ghana in reaching its developmental aspirations.
“My expensive brother, I’m right here to work with you. You possibly can all the time rely on Nigeria’s assist at any given time you name on me. We are going to work collectively to carry prosperity to the folks of our two nations,” Tinubu assured.
The Nigerian chief framed the event as proof of resilience and unity of Africa, stressing the significance of collaboration amongst nations for shared progress.
“In the present day, I’m right here not solely because the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria but in addition as an African in resolute assist of Ghana and her folks. This second is a supply of satisfaction and honour for Ghanaians, your entire continent, and its diaspora,” Tinubu remarked.
The President additionally drew on Ghana’s symbolic “Black Star” as a illustration of African power and unity:
“The solar is out, and the solar could also be blue, however I see at the moment a black star rising excessive within the African sky. This black star shines over this nation, and its ray spreads throughout the continent with a way of shared historical past, hope, compassion, unity, and devotion to our widespread welfare.”
What it’s best to know
- John Mahama, who beforehand served as Ghana’s President from 2012 to 2017, returned to workplace following a carefully contested election.
- His inauguration has been met with optimism each inside Ghana and throughout the area, as he takes on the accountability of steering the nation by challenges together with financial restoration and regional safety threats.
- Mahama has vowed to foster a working cooperation with Nigeria and different neighbouring international locations constituting the Financial Neighborhood of West African States (ECOWAS).
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