By Cross Udo, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu will depart Lagos today for Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama on January 7.
Mahama, who served as the 12th president of Ghana between 2011 and 2017, was re-elected in December 2024. He will succeed President Nana Akuffo-Addo (2017-2025).
A statement by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, explained that President Tinubu’s trip to Accra was 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.
Tinubu, Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, will attend the ceremony with other African leaders.
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, and other senior government officials will accompany President Tinubu.
