That the newly elected President of Ghana, John Mahama, has a long-standing relationship with Nigeria, speaks to a renewed opportunity.
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Colonialism had, however, brought the two countries together under the British imperial umbrella, with the two countries sharing institutional and cooperative relations, and inheriting the same colonial heritage. They were both members of the West African Currency Board, West African Airways, and West African Line, among other things, which helped to establish a relationship between the two nations, post-independence.
In the years following independence, the relationship between the countries strengthened, even if in the immediate years, cracks had begun to appear over internal power struggle in Nigeria, but among the people, there was a noticeable increase in informal interactions, which saw more Nigerians travelling to Ghana than was the reverse. The number of Ghanaians in Nigeria as of 1963, was estimated at 7,561, while the Nigerian population in Ghana was estimated at 209,120.
Beyond the strong inter-governmental relations and formal business interaction across borders, interpersonal relations between citizens of both countries have tremendously helped in strengthening the relationship. There are cases of intermarriage among prominent Nigerians and Ghanaians.
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