Mahama who
won a fresh term as President in the West African state arrived the
Presidential Villa at about 12.30pm on Wednesday, where he was received by the
President Jonathan at the forecourt of his office before the two went upstairs
for a meeting.
Briefing
state house correspondents after the meeting, the Ghanaian President said while
on his way to Equatorial Guinea for the Conference of African Caribbean and
Pacific (ACP) Group of States meeting, he decided to call on the Nigerian
President to pay respect to President Jonathan considering the relations
between Ghana and Nigeria.
He said that
after his successful election it has become imperative that he visited Nigeria
first.
President
Mahama sought for Nigeria’s resuscitation of the West African pipeline to
enable Ghana use the Nigerian gas for its power generation, saying “I took the
opportunity of the visit to discuss with him (President Jonathan) the issue of
West
Africa Gas Pipeline. As you are aware, it got broken and there was an
accident when they were trying to activate it.”
“So, I want
President Jonathan to use his influence to get the pipeline back into
operation
as soon as possible so that Ghana can continue to receive Nigerian gas to power
our electricity generation.”
He also
condole President Jonathan on the death of his younger brother saying that he
missed the funeral which took place on the day of the elections in Ghana.
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