President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria left Accra on Wednesday after participating in the Global Coalition for Africa (GCA) Forum, which opened in Accra earlier in the day.

Other heads of state of who participated are from Botswana and Rwanda, and the Prime Minister of Ethiopia. The Foreign Minister, Hackman Owusu-Agyemang was at the airport see the Nigerian Head of State off.

The two-day conference under the theme: "NEPAD and Security" was opened by President John Kufuor. About 150 participants made up of Ministers, Parliamentarians, former heads of state, the private sector, civil society and eminent personalities around the globe are attending. The forum is expected to create a platform for the discussion of problems confronting Africa's development.