{"id":401269,"date":"2018-02-14T13:24:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T13:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=401269"},"modified":"2018-02-14T13:30:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T13:30:25","slug":"buhari-to-grace-ghanas-61st-independence-day-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/buhari-to-grace-ghanas-61st-independence-day-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari to grace Ghana\u2019s 61st Independence Day celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has accepted an invitation from President Nana Akufo-Addo to be a special guest at Ghana\u2019s 61st Independence Day celebrations on Tuesday, March 6, 2018<\/p>\n<p>Muhammadu Buhari\u00a0disclosed this when Ghana\u2019s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Rashid Bawa, presented his letter of credence to the Nigerian leader in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will be in Ghana for your independence day celebration on March 6th, Ghana and Nigeria have come a long way and my presence there will cement the relationship between the two countries,&#8221; Mr. Buhari said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being\u00a0appointed in 2017, Rashid Bawa has had to wait until February 2018 to present his letters of credence, following the extended medical leave of President Buhari during that period.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bawa thanked President Buhari and pledged to deepen the strong bonds between Ghana and Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ghana and Nigeria have come a long way, we both share a lot in common, anywhere you hear Nigeria you will hear Ghana,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rashid Bawa also took the opportunity to\u00a0extend condolences on behalf of the Republic of Ghana to President Buhari on the recent sudden loss of two of his relatives.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Sammi Wiafe\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has accepted an invitation from President Nana Akufo-Addo to be a special guest at Ghana\u2019s 61st Independence Day celebrations on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Muhammadu Buhari\u00a0disclosed this when Ghana\u2019s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Rashid Bawa, presented his letter of credence to the Nigerian leader in Abuja. &#8220;I will be in Ghana [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":401272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[3,3784,751],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Buhari to grace Ghana\u2019s 61st Independence Day celebrations - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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