President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Lagos on Monday, January 6, for Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama on January 7, 2025.
Mahama, who served because the twelfth president of Ghana between 2012 and January 2017, was reelected in December 2024 and can succeed President Nana Akufo-Addo, who served from 2017 to 2025.
The disclosure was contained in a press release launched on Sunday by Bayo Onanuga, Particular Adviser to the President on Data and Technique.
President Tinubu’s journey to Accra is on the invitation of the president-elect, who had visited the Nigerian chief earlier in December.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Lagos on Monday, January 6, for Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama on January 7,” the assertion learn partly.
It added, “President Tinubu’s journey to Accra is on the invitation of the president-elect, who had visited the Nigerian chief earlier in December.”
The assertion emphasised that the 2 African leaders share a longstanding private relationship, and their nations additionally keep sturdy bilateral ties.
As Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Authorities, President Tinubu will be a part of different African leaders on the ceremony.
Minister of State for Overseas Affairs, Mrs. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, and different senior authorities officers will accompany President Tinubu on the journey.
What you need to know
President Tinubu’s attendance on the inauguration of President-elect John Mahama underscores the enduring energy of the bilateral relationship between Nigeria and Ghana, each on private and diplomatic fronts.
- In a December 22, 2024, X put up, John Mahama shared that, in the course of the earlier week, he travelled to Abuja to fulfill his brother, President Tinubu, who additionally serves because the Chair of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State. Throughout their assembly, Mahama prolonged a heartfelt invitation to President Tinubu for his inauguration on January 7, 2025.
Mahama remarked, “We mentioned our shared imaginative and prescient for progress and unity, which is important for the expansion and stability of our area, as we work collectively to strengthen our collaboration and deepen ties throughout the ECOWAS neighborhood.”
Mahama’s victory within the December 2024 Ghanaian elections got here on the expense of the incumbent Vice President and candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mahamudu Bawumia.
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