The Lyon Business School in France has conferred an honorary doctorate degree on former president John Dramani Mahama.

The ceremony took place in Lyon, France on the campus of the school.

The Igbinedion University, Okada (IUO), in the Edo State of Nigeria, last week also conferred an honorary doctorate degree, a Doctor of Letters, on the former president.

The Ekiti University, also in Nigeria, and the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, have also conferred honorary doctorate degrees on him in the past.

Mr Mahama is seeking a comeback as the flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to lead the party into the 2020 election.