President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured the new President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, of the Nigerian government support to his administration.

President Tinubu also said that democracy in Nigeria, Ghana and other African countries had laid to rest the question of whether Africans are capable of democratic and productive endeavours, saying Africa has nothing to prove to the world.

He spoke as the Special Guest of Honour at the swearing-in of President John Dramani Mahama in Accra on Tuesday.

Addressing the gathering, President Tinubu said the inauguration did not only symbolise another milestone in the evolution of Ghanaian democratic society, “it lays to bed the question of whether Ghana and Africa are capable of democratic and productive endeavours. Ghana has answered that question resoundingly.”

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“It is time that Africa’s critics stop forgetting the strides your nation, Nigeria and others have made by continuing to ask us to prove ourselves. We have nothing to prove to anyone except ourselves. We have found the critical path to our success. We shall lift our nations out of poverty and build a resilient economy at our own pace.”

Tinubu said while others may seek to demean Africa and keep brothers pitted against each other, “we shall dialogue and discuss until we reach an agreement.”

“Never, shall we harm others and never allow any outsider to hurt us or disrupt the unity for which so many of our heroes gave their sweat, blood, and very lives to achieve,” he added.

The president promised Ghanaians Nigeria’s support to the new president.