The Nigerian Leader, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived Accra, the capital of Ghana, ahead of the inauguration of President-elect, John Dramani Mahama.
President Tinubu who departed Nigeria from the Presidential wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 4:20pm, was received at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra, by the Chief of Staff to the President of Ghana, Hon Julius Debra, at about 4:05 pm, local time.
While in Ghana, President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the ECOWAS, will join other African leaders to witness the swearing in ceremony of Mahama, along with his Vice President-elect, Professor Naana Opoku-Agyemang.
President 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 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.
