Monday, September 07, 2015

President Buhari Due In Ghana


President John Mahama

President Muhammadu Buhari is due to arrive in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, shortly for talks with President John Mahama on regional security, trade and other issues affecting the two West African states.  Nigeria is the third biggest investor in Ghana from sub-Saharan Africa. BBC reports that it is estimated that some one million Nigerian nationals and dual citizens live and work in different parts of Ghana.

According to a September 6, 2015 Press Release by the Special Adviser to the President:
Buhari off to Ghana, to meet President Mahama
President Muhammadu Buhari will undertake a one-day official visit to Accra, the Ghanaian capital tomorrow [today], Monday, September 7, 2015.

During the visit, President Buhari will confer with his Ghanaian counterpart, President John Dramani Mahama, on bilateral relations, regional security, trade and other issues of common interest to Nigeria, Ghana and other members of the Economic Community of West African States.
The President is also expected to meet with members of the Nigerian community in Ghana and entrepreneurs before returning to Abuja on Monday evening.
He will be accompanied to Accra by the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd.), and the Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Justice and Industry, Trade and Investment.
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
 

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