President Akufo-Addo Congratulates Nigeria’s President-Elect, Bola Tinubu

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated the newly-elected Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

In a statement, the president said he hoped that the Nigerian President-elect would deepen the strong friendship between Nigeria and Ghana.

“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, February 25.

“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 and Ghana, which has been based on a shared agenda of freedom, development, security, progress and prosperity,” he said.

Mr Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the APC, won the fiercely contested elections held on February 25.

He beat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar; the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi; and the New Nigeria Peoples Party candidate, Rabiu Kwankwas, with 8,794,726 votes.

President Akufo-Addo also used the opportunity to commend the contenders for their rigorous and well-fought campaigns.

He believes the “results of the election will reinforce the boundaries of Nigerian democracy and consolidate the peace and stability of Nigeria, Africa’s giant”.