*The Federal Government discloses Mrs. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and other senior government officials will accompany President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to attend the inauguration of Ghanaian President-elect John Dramani Mahama Tuesday, January 7, 2025

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to depart Abuja, FCT, Monday, January 6, 2025, for Accra, Ghanaian capital, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama slated for January 7.

Mahama, who served as the 12th President of Ghana between 2011 and 2017, was reelected December 2024.

He will succeed President Nana Akufo-Addo (2017-2025).

Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, who disclosed this Sunday, January 5, noted President Tinubu’s trip to Accra is at the invitation of the Ghanaian President-elect, who had visited the Nigerian leader earlier December last year.

The statement also noted President Tinubu and Mahama

have a longstanding personal relationship, just like Nigeria and Ghana maintain a longstanding bilateral relationship.

Onanuga stated: “President Tinubu, as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, will join other African leaders at the ceremony.”

Mrs. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Honourable Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and other senior government officials would accompany President Tinubu on the trip to the former Gold Coast, stated the Presidential Spokesman.