Nigerian, Ghanaian Officials Meet to Improve Bilateral Relations

Senior government officials from Nigeria and Ghana met on Thursday as part of ongoing efforts to improve the deteriorating bilateral relations between both countries. The spokesperson of the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ferdinand Nwonye, in a statement issued yesterday said the delegations of both countries had successful bilateral engagement on improving the Nigeria-Ghana relations. The statement was however silent on the details of the meeting. Nwonye said: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to inform the public that a delegation of senior Ghanaian government officials led by their Minister for Trade and Industry, Hon. Allan John Kyeremanteng, arrived in Abuja today (yesterday) to have discussion with their Nigerian counterparts. "Other members of the Ghanaian delegation included the Minister for Information, Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, and the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hon. Mohammed Habibu Tijani." Nwonye added that the Nigerian delegation to the meeting was led by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo. Others present at the meeting were the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, among others.