President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja today, Monday, for Accra, the Republic of Ghana capital, to attend the inauguration of its President-elect, John Dramani Mahama, tomorrow, Tuesday.
Mahama, who served as the 12th President of Ghana between 2011 and 2017, was re-elected in December 2024, and will succeed President Nana Akuffo-Addo (2017-2025).
According to a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, 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 long-standing personal relationship, just like Nigeria and Ghana maintain a long-standing bi-lateral relationship.
President Tinubu, as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, will join other African leaders at the ceremony.
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, and other senior government officials will accompany President Tinubu on the trip.
