President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday, January 6, for Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama, which is scheduled to be held the same day.
This was contained in a statement on Sunday by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga.
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), thereby succeeding his successor.
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.
The incoming Ghanaian leader was in Nigeria shortly after his electoral victory to thank President Tinubu for his personal support and as the region’s leader.
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.
This is the first foreign trip President Tinubu will embark on in 2025.
