Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, on Saturday, witnessed the swearing into office and inauguration of President Mamadi Doumbouya as the President of Guinea Conakry.
The inauguration of President Doumbouya followed his victory in the December 2025 general election in the country, a democratic watershed which brought the formal end of a four-year military transition.
Representing President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Shettima’s presence at the event underscored Nigeria’s leadership role within the ECOWAS and reaffirmed the country’s commitment to the restoration and sustenance of democratic governance across the region.
President Doumbouya will serve a single seven-year term, as stipulated under Guinea’s new constitution approved by a national referendum in September 2025.
The revised constitution extended the presidential tenure from five to seven years, renewable only once.
The inauguration, which took place at the GLC Stadium in Nongo, Conakry, had several African leaders, especially from the West African region, including Ghana, Senegal, Gambia, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa in attendance.
Other dignitaries at the inauguration included the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray; Presidents of Rwanda, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, and Mauritania, among several other African leaders and high-ranking officials.
In his inaugural address, President Doumbouya pledged to uphold his country’s constitution and the tenets of democracy, transparent governance, and the interest of all Guineans at all times, stressing that under his administration, the country’s peace and national cohesion would not be compromised.
Under President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda, Nigeria has continued to position itself as a stabilising force, advocating for democratic governance as a prerequisite for regional prosperity.
Vice President Kashim Shettima’s visit also serves as a strategic mission to expand the economic corridor between the two West African nations.
The ceremony attracted a massive turnout of citizens amidst fanfare.