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Gongola

Gongola State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the Adamawa and Sardauna Provinces of North State, together with the Wukari Division of the then Benue-Plateau State. It existed until 27 August 1991, when it was divided into two states - Adamawa and Taraba. Its capital city was Yola.

 "As elected President, today we are also making a different kind of history, one that speaks to our maturity as a democracy. A nation of citizens with the authority to determine their political future. Today's exercise between the outgoing President, Nana Addo, and I feel a bit like déjà vu, as it's similar to the transitional exercise we performed eight years ago on January 7, 2017.”  

“At the time, I was the outgoing President, having served one term, and he was the incoming President, having been given a mandate by the people of Ghana to lead this great nation. He and I both understood then, as I'm sure we do today, that it's the people of Ghana we were elected to serve." 

 "As elected President, today we are also making a different kind of history, one that speaks to our maturity as a democracy. A nation of citizens with the authority to determine their political future. Today's exercise between the outgoing President, Nana Addo, and I feel a bit like déjà vu, as it's similar to the transitional exercise we performed eight years ago on January 7, 2017.”  

“At the time, I was the outgoing President, having served one term, and he was the incoming President, having been given a mandate by the people of Ghana to lead this great nation. He and I both understood then, as I'm sure we do today, that it's the people of Ghana we were elected to serve." 
 

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 "As elected President, today we are also making a different kind of history, one that speaks to our maturity as a democracy. A nation of citizens with the authority to determine their political future. Today's exercise between the outgoing President, Nana Addo, and I feel a bit like déjà vu, as it's similar to the transitional exercise we performed eight years ago on January 7, 2017.”  

 

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“At the time, I was the outgoing President, having served one term, and he was the incoming President, having been given a mandate by the people of Ghana to lead this great nation. He and I both understood then, as I'm sure we do today, that it's the people of Ghana we were elected to serve." 

 "As elected President, today we are also making a different kind of history, one that speaks to our maturity as a democracy. A nation of citizens with the authority to determine their political future. Today's exercise between the outgoing President, Nana Addo, and I feel a bit like déjà vu, as it's similar to the transitional exercise we performed eight years ago on January 7, 2017.”  

 

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“At the time, I was the outgoing President, having served one term, and he was the incoming President, having been given a mandate by the people of Ghana to lead this great nation. He and I both understood then, as I'm sure we do today, that it's the people of Ghana we were elected to serve." 

Total population

Key Facts

Population
2.352 million (2022)
Area
581,730 square kilometres
Capital city
Yobe
Joined the Commonwealth
1926, on founding the British Commonwealth of Nations