TINUBU TO ATTEND GHANA’S JOHN MAHAMA INAUGURATION ON JANUARY 7
Akpo Ojo
President Bola Tinubu will depart Lagos on January 6, for Accra, Ghana, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Mahama taking place on January 7.
Tinubu’s visit to Ghana was made known in a statement released on Sunday in Abuja, by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the president on Information and Strategy.
President -elect Mahama, who served as the 12th president of Ghana from 2011 – 2017, was re-elected in December 2024. He will succeed incumbent President, Nana Akuffo-Addo.
Tinubu’s trip to Accra is at the invitation of the Mahama, who had visited the Nigeria earlier in December, 2024.
Mahama and Tinubu have a longstanding personal relationship, just like Nigeria and Ghana maintain a longstanding bilateral relationship.
President Tinubu, as the chairman of the ECOWAS will join other African leaders billed to attend the inauguration ceremony.
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu and other senior government officials will accompany President Tinubu on the trip.
