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Six West
African heads of state expected at Mills’ inauguration
Accra, Jan.6, Ghanadot/GNA – Six West Heads
of State are expected to attend the inauguration on
Wednesday of President John Evans Atta Mills.
The ceremony will take place at the Independence Square
where Parliament will convene in an open-air sitting after
electing a Speaker earlier in the day.
President Mills will swear Presidential Oath and the Oath of
Allegiance to be administered by the Chief Justice, Mrs
Justice Georgina Wood. The Vice President John Dramani
Mahama will also be sworn in.
The official delegation for the inauguration obtained by the
Ghana News Agency listed the Heads of State as Togo, Burkina
Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Benin and Nigeria, who is
expected to be the Guest Speaker.
Other dignitaries expected are the Chairman of the African
Commission, Mr Jean Ping, the Liberian Vice President, Niger
Prime Minister, South African Foreign Minister, US Director
of Peace Corps, a delegation from Guinea and the Governor of
Delta State, Nigeria.
GNA
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