President Bola Tinubu will depart Lagos on Monday for Accra, the capital of Ghana, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama taking place on Tuesday.
A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), recalled that 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).
President Tinubu’s trip to Accra is at the invitation of the president-elect, who had visited the Nigerian leader earlier in December.
According to the statement, Mahama and President Tinubu have a longstanding personal relationship, just like Nigeria and Ghana maintain a longstanding bilateral 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.
