President Mahama In Guinea Bissau for Inauguration of New President

President John  Mahama, in his  capacity as Chairman of  the  ECOWAS  Authority of Heads of State and  Government, will this morning attend the inauguration of Guinea-Bissau’s newly-elected President, José Mario Vas in Bissau.
 
Mr. Vaz was elected in the second  round of elections that ended a period  of political and security instability in the West African country.
 
An economist and former Finance  Minister, he won the  May 18 election run-off promising to reduce poverty, increase investment in agriculture, and forgive those who participated in various criminal activities.

The  election and return  to  democratic governance was facilitated by the sub-regional grouping, ECOWAS, and President Mahama as Chair of the Authority of  ECOWAS Heads of State is leading some of his colleagues to the inauguration. 

This was in a statement issued in Accra and signed by Head of Communications and Presidential Spokesperson Office of the President, Ben Dotsei Malor. 

He is expected back in Accra later today. 


GBC