Ghana President congratulates Nigeria President elect

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on behalf of the people of Ghana has congratulated the Nigerian President elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

In a twitter post sighted by GhanaPlus.com, he said he is hopeful Mr Tinubu’s government will among other things improve Nigeria’s governance quality, performance of the economy and rule of law and also deepened the friendship between the two countries.

 “On behalf of the Ghanaian people and their Government, I extend warm congratulations to the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his victory in the Nigerian presidential election of Saturday, 25th February.

 “President-elect Bola Tinubu’s victory has ensured that the ruling APC Government has been given four (4) more years to continue in office, which, I am hopeful, will go a long way to enhancing the quality of governance, the rule of law and the performance of the Nigerian economy”.

“It is my expectation that the President-elect would continue in the stead of past Nigerian leaders, and deepen even further the strong friendship that exists between Nigeria & Ghana, which has been based on a shared agenda of freedom, dev’t, security, progress and prosperity,” his twitter post sighted by GhanaPlus.com reads.

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo also commended the Democratic and the Labour Parties, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi for what he described as a vigorous, well fought campaigns.

“The presidential candidates of the Peoples’ Democratic Party and the Labour Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, respectively, are to be commended for their vigorous, well-fought campaigns.”

He is of the view, their reactions to the just ended elections will reinforce the country’s democracy and consolidate peace and stability.

“I am confident that their reactions to the results of the election will reinforce the boundaries of Nigerian democracy, and consolidate the peace and stability of Nigeria, Africa’s giant”.

Nigeria elects Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President

Nigeria’s Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of the elections held across the country on Saturday, February 25, 2023.

The 70-year-old veteran politician garnered a total of 37% of the votes as against his arch rivals, Atiku Abubakar’ 29%, and Peter Obi 25% in an election, marred by ballot snatching, violence and allegations of rigging and ballot stuffing.

Source: GhanaPlus.com