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12 Heads of State to attend Ghanaian president's inauguration

Xinhua, January 4, 2017 Adjust font size:

Twelve Heads of State from some African and European countries are expected to attend the swearing-in of Ghana's president-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on January 7, the Transition Team announced here on Tuesday.

President of Cote d'Ivoire Alassane Ouattara will be the Special Guest Speaker at the inauguration which will also see in attendance 13 other government representatives, five international representatives of multilateral organizations and a number of ex-presidents from West Africa and other parts of the world.

The ceremony will take place at the Black Star Square in the national capital, Accra, on Saturday, with close to 6,000 guests attending, according to Shirley Ayorkor Botwe, a member of the Transition Team of the incoming administration.

Some 5,000 security officers will be deployed for the inauguration ceremony to avert any unfortunate incident.

Nana Akufo-Addo defeated incumbent President John Dramani Mahama in last month's general election after polling 53.8 percent of the total valid votes cast while Mahama garnered 44.4 percent.

He will be the fifth president of Ghana since 1992. Endit