President returns from Nigeria

Accra, April 27, GNA - President John Agyekum Kufuor returned to Accra on Friday from Lagos where he witnessed the commissioning of the terminal of the West Africa Gas Pipeline.Mr Andrews Awuni, the Press Secretary to the President, told journalists that  said President Kufuor used the occasion to advice Nigerians to stay calm and address issues concerning last Saturday's elections through legal means.

He said the President told them that Nigeria was a strategic country in West Africa and whatever happened there was bound to affect the whole sub-region.Touching on the Gas Pipeline project, Mr Awuni said whilst it would improve energy supply in the country when completed, it was not possible to tell when that would be.He said it was expected Ghana would benefit from the project within a year. Ghana has contributed 90 million dollars towards the project.Also present at the commissioning was President Yayi Boni of Benin and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria.Government officials and service commanders met President Kufuor on arrival.

27 April 07