{"id":253907,"date":"2026-07-25T21:12:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/?p=253907"},"modified":"2026-07-27T21:18:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:18:32","slug":"the-high-commissioner-designate-of-nigeria-to-ghana-amb-shehu-ilu-barde-presented-copies-of-his-letters-of-credence-copies-dusage-to-hon-samuel-okudzeto-ablakwa-mp-minister-of-foreig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/the-high-commissioner-designate-of-nigeria-to-ghana-amb-shehu-ilu-barde-presented-copies-of-his-letters-of-credence-copies-dusage-to-hon-samuel-okudzeto-ablakwa-mp-minister-of-foreig\/","title":{"rendered":"The High Commissioner-Designate of Nigeria to Ghana, Amb. Shehu Ilu Barde, presented Copies of his L&hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The High Commissioner-Designate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of Ghana, Ambassador Shehu Ilu Barde, presented Copies of his Letters of Credence (Copies d\u2019Usage) to Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa (MP), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ghana, on Friday, July 24, 2026.<br \/>\nThe presentation of the Copies d\u2019Usage marks a significant milestone preceding the formal presentation of his Letters of Credence to His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, which will officially mark the commencement of his duty tour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-253910\" src=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PHOTO-2026-07-27-11-26-50-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PHOTO-2026-07-27-11-26-50-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PHOTO-2026-07-27-11-26-50-1024x998.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PHOTO-2026-07-27-11-26-50-768x749.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PHOTO-2026-07-27-11-26-50.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-253909\" src=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PHOTO-2026-07-27-11-26-51-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PHOTO-2026-07-27-11-26-51-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PHOTO-2026-07-27-11-26-51-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PHOTO-2026-07-27-11-26-51-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PHOTO-2026-07-27-11-26-51.jpg 1055w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High Commissioner-Designate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of Ghana, Ambassador Shehu &hellip; <a title=\"The High Commissioner-Designate of Nigeria to Ghana, Amb. Shehu Ilu Barde, presented Copies of his L&hellip;\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/the-high-commissioner-designate-of-nigeria-to-ghana-amb-shehu-ilu-barde-presented-copies-of-his-letters-of-credence-copies-dusage-to-hon-samuel-okudzeto-ablakwa-mp-minister-of-foreig\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The High Commissioner-Designate of Nigeria to Ghana, Amb. Shehu Ilu Barde, presented Copies of his L&hellip;<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":253908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mfa-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253911,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253907\/revisions\/253911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}