President Bola Tinubu has pledged Nigeria’s unwavering help to Ghana’s newly inaugurated President, John Mahama, throughout his swearing-in ceremony held in Accra on Tuesday.
Talking to a gathering of dignitaries, diplomats, and residents, Tinubu lauded Mahama as a pacesetter of imaginative and prescient and integrity, whose tenure would herald a brand new period of prosperity for Ghana and strengthen its collaboration with Nigeria.
“Even once we disagree, we should select the trail of peaceable dialogue. Your new President is a person of patriotic imaginative and prescient and substance; he loves his nation and folks to the core. Mahama and I share a deep friendship,” Tinubu mentioned.
In his handle, Tinubu emphasised Nigeria’s readiness to help Ghana in reaching its developmental aspirations.
“My pricey brother, I’m right here to work with you. You’ll be able to all the time rely on Nigeria’s help at any given time you name on me. We are going to work collectively to deliver prosperity to the folks of our two nations,” Tinubu assured.
The Nigerian chief framed the event as proof of resilience and unity of Africa, stressing the significance of collaboration amongst nations for shared progress.
“At present, I’m right here not solely because the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria but in addition as an African in resolute help of Ghana and her folks. This second is a supply of pleasure and honour for Ghanaians, the complete continent, and its diaspora,” Tinubu remarked.
The President additionally drew on Ghana’s symbolic “Black Star” as a illustration of African energy and unity:
“The solar is out, and the solar could also be blue, however I see at this time a black star rising excessive within the African sky. This black star shines over this nation, and its ray spreads throughout the continent with a way of shared historical past, hope, compassion, unity, and devotion to our frequent welfare.”
