From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu will, today, leave to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama in Accra, Ghana, tomorrow.
A statement by Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said President Tinubu’s trip 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”, the statement read.
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, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu and other senior government officials will accompany President Tinubu on the trip.
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).