Liberian President, George Oppong Weah Arrives In Ghana For Prez Akufo Addo’s Swearing In (Video)

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The Liberian President, George Oppong Weah has arrived in the country ahead of the event to swear-in president Akufo-Addo

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The swearing in will start at 12noon instead of 11 AM and it will he held at the Parliament House.

In a video sighted online, The Liberian President is seen disembarking from a plane at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra.

He arrived together with a delegation as well as a security apparatus.

Below is the video

President Nana Akufo-Addo will be sworn in on Thursday, January 7, 2021, for another four-year term.

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey during a press briefing in Accra on Tuesday, January 5 revealed there will be 13 African presidents present to witness the swearing-in of the president.

According to her, Presidents and or their representatives will be coming from countries like Gambia, India, France, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali, Chad, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Guinea, Togo, Niger.

So far we have several Heads of States and governments who have accepted or who are going to be part of the ceremony

Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali, Chad, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Guinea, Togo, Niger, and the other countries that will be represented, such as The Gambia and Nigeria by the Foreign Ministers

We’ll have the Foreign Minister of India, the Foreign Minister of France, Foreign Minister of Rwanda, Foreign Minister of Gabon, we also have the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Gambia, we have the UK Minister for Africa. We have the US Special Envoy for the Sahel, of course, we have the President of ECOWA Commission, and we also have the Chairperson of the AU Commission. We have representatives of the Conservative Party from the United Kingdom, and we have representatives of the CDU and allied parties from Germany, so far these are the confirmations we have

She said