Ghana President, John Dramani Mahama disclosed this, adding that a first batch of 14 deportees, made up of Nigerians, a Gambian and others had already arrived in Accra, with the Ghanaian authorities facilitating their return to their respective countries.

“We were approached by the US to accept third-party nationals who were being removed from the US, and we agreed with them that West African nationals were acceptable because all our fellow West Africans don’t need a visa to come to our country,” he said.

He justified the decision by saying West Africans “don’t need a visa anyway” to come to Ghana.

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The arrangement comes amid Washington’s intensified deportation drive under President Donald Trump, who has pushed for removals to “third countries” as part of his hardline immigration policy.

Recall Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, said that the Federal Government would not accept deportees from outside Nigeria, citing national security and economic concerns.

Source: Punch

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The new president took over from Akufo-Ado who succeeded him in 2017. Before Mahama’s swearing-in, Jane Opoku-Agyemang was inaugurated as the country’s first female vice president.

Ghanaians gather ahead of the inauguration of the new Ghanaian President John Mahama at the Independence Square in Accra on January 7, 2025.

The Chief Justice of Ghana, Gertrude Torkornoo administered the oath of office at the event.

Energy radiated from Accra’s Black Star Square, as a sea of elate faces waved Ghanaian and NDC flags, chanted, and broke into spontaneous dance to the beat of drums and the blaring honk of vuvuzelas.

The duo won the election held in December with Mahama returning to the post he left seven years ago with a mission to revive Ghana’s ailing economy.

The National Democratic Congress, NDC, candidate polled 50 per cent of the votes to beat the then-vice president Mahamudu Bawumia of the ruling party. 

He scored 6.3 million votes to beat Bawumia with a 1.7 million vote margin. Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party, NPP, had immediately conceded defeat in the election.

Mahama had ruled Ghana between 2012 and early 2017. He had previously failed twice to win back the presidency but in December’s election managed to tap into expectations of change among Ghanaians.

The economy became a major election issue after Ghana defaulted on its debt and entered into a $3-billion deal with the IMF.

Ghana has only begun recovering from its worst economic downturn in years, with inflation peaking at 50 per cent in late 2022 — although it has since fallen to 23 per cent.

With a history of political stability, Ghana’s two main parties, the ruling NPP and the NDC, have alternated in power equally since the return to multi-party democracy in 1992.

The country of 33 million people is Africa’s top gold exporter and the world’s second cocoa producer.

Among those present were Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senegal’s Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Burkina Faso’s leader Ibrahim Traore, Kenyan President William Ruto, President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon’s Brice Oligui Nguema.

Presidents Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone and Mamadi Doumbouya of Guinea as well as former leaders and officials also attended the inauguration.

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Ghana joins Rwanda, Seychelles, Gambia and Benin in offering visa-free entry to African travellers.

Ghana had previously allowed visa-free access to citizens of 26 African nations and visas on arrival for travellers from 25 others, while only two African countries — Eritrea and Morocco — required a visa before entry.

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The visa-free policy builds on Ghana’s efforts to strengthen its international reputation, particularly through initiatives like the 2019 Year of Return, which celebrated the African diaspora and commemorated 400 years since the transatlantic slave trade.

The campaign attracted thousands of visitors, including celebrities, to Ghana and led to some receiving citizenship, bolstering the country’s global profile as a cultural and tourism hub.

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26 players, technical crew members, and officials of the Ghana Football Association, GFA, will make the trip.

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According to information on the official X account of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, the Black Galaxies will fly into Port Harcourt aboard a chartered aircraft.

The contingent will then connect Uyo by road after completing immigration formalities in Port Harcourt.

They will have a feel of the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium later this evening.

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