Federal Republic of Nigeria
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Accra, Ghana on Monday, January 6, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama holding on Tuesday January 7, 2025.
Mahama, who served as the 12th president of Ghana between 2011 and 2017, was reelected in December 2024. He will succeed President Nana Akuffo-Addo( 2017-2025).
President Tinubu’s trip to Accra is at the invitation of the president-elect, who had visited the Nigerian leader earlier in December.
Mahama and President Tinubu have a longstanding personal relationship, just like Nigeria and Ghana maintain a longstanding bilateral relationship.
As Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, Tinubu will join other African leaders at the ceremony.
Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga in a statement saidMinister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu and other senior government officials accompany President Tinubu on the trip.
