Nigerian President Jonathan arrives in Accra for a two-day visit

Accra, Oct.7, GNA - Nigerian President Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, on late Friday afternoon arrived in Accra for a two-day State visit to Ghana. President Jonathan was met on arrival by host President John Evans Att= a Mills at the Jubilee Lounge of the Kotoka International Airport, amidst military honours and fanfare of drumming and dancing by a group of Nigerian residents in Ghana.

Detailed programme drawn for the visit include a State dinner at the Banquet Hall, laying of wreath on the tomb of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's First President at the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra on Saturd= ay. President Jonathan would hold bilateral discussions with his host on enhancing relations between Accra and Abuja in the contest of West African integration.

He would receive an award at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) and meet with the Nigerian Community in Ghana. The visit is President Jonathan's last leg of a three-nation tour of Rwanda, Ethiopia and Ghana. He returns home on Saturday, October 8. 7 Oct. 11