Joint birthday celebration: Tinubu and Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo
Today is a special day as both President Bola Tinubu and Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, mark their birthdays. It is a unique moment of shared joy between the neighboring nations, despite their occasional differences over jollof rice, music, and football.
While Nigerians celebrate Tinubu, Ghanaians send warm wishes to their leader. Both presidents hail from influential backgrounds.
Tinubu, aged 72, was born into the merchant family of Abibatu Mogaji, the esteemed Iyaloja of Lagos. On the other hand, Akufo-Addo, 80, was born to a well-known Ghanaian royal and political family in Swalaba, Ghana.
Akufo-Addo pursued Law in the UK and was admitted to the bar in England and later in Ghana. Tinubu studied at Southwest College in Chicago before tr...