This was disclosed by the president's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Friday.

The dinner was also attended by State Chief of Protocol (SCOP), Ambassador Lawal Kazaure, National Security Adviser to the President, Major General Babagana Monguno and former presidential candidate and publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu.

Mahama was Ghana's president from 2012 to 2017 when he lost his reelection bid to current president,  Nana Akufo-Addo.