The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has sent well wishes from his country and its people to Nigeria President elect, Ahmed Tinubu.
In a tweet the President wrote hoping the four more years given to the All Progressives Congress (APC), lead by Bola Ahmed Tinubu will go a long way to enhancing the quality of governance, the rule of law and the performance of the Nigerian economy.
“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”, he wrote.
“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.”
“Warm congratulations, once again, to President-elect Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu, and to the people of Nigeria. Best wishes for his and Nigeria’s success”, he concluded.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden also took this opportunity to congratulate the President-elect of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his victory.
In his message of congratulations, President Biden expressed his support for Nigeria and his willingness to work with President-elect Tinubu.
In addition, President Biden delivered a warning to persons who wish to undermine democracy, saying that the US will not hesitate to take appropriate measures to stabilizing the democratic state of the country.
President Biden’s message of support for President-elect Tinubu underscores the importance of the U.S.-Nigeria relationship and the Biden administration’s commitment to working with its partners in Africa to promote democracy, human rights, and economic growth.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, as the winner of the 2023 presidential election.
The commission’s chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced the former Lagos governor winner of the election after four days of collating the results of the February 25 election at the National Collation Centre in Abuja.
Tinubu won 12 states across the country, the same as his two closest rivals, but he secured more votes than Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP). The third republic senator secured 8,794,726 to defeat Atiku who finished second with 6,984,520 votes and Obi who finished third with 6,101,533 votes.
