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\u00a0Yamoussoukro -After five months of bloodbath and tears, Ivorians, Friday thronged Yamoussoukro, the inner political capital of Cote d\u2019Ivoire, to celebrate the impending inauguration of President Alassane Ouattara.<\/p>\n

The News Agency of Nigeria,<\/em> NAN reports that the ceremony, to be held today, is to be witnessed by no fewer than 25 presidents from Africa, Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n

Similarly, 66 delegates from various countries are expected to be in attendance.<\/p>\n

Nigeria\u2019s President Goodluck Jonathan will be attending the ceremony, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Odein Ajumogobia.<\/p>\n

In Yamoussoukro, gaily dressed men and women crowded the streets, displaying the nation\u2019s colours on their caps, clothing and flags.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Statues on streets in Abidjan, the country\u2019s capital have been painted in Ivorian colours of green and orange, with houses, restaurants, shops and trees draped with the country\u2019s flags.<\/p>\n

\u201cYamoussoukro is the place to be now. We will wash our tears away by sweating and dancing,\u201d a trader, Charlotte Winckler, said.<\/p>\n

Winckler, who moved from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro, to sell T-shirts, caps and shirts on which Ouattara\u2019s pictures were printed, said she would create time outside business to enjoy the event.<\/p>\n

At various corners of the town, tents have been erected, with people blowing trumpets and singing songs of Ouattara\u2019s victory at the polls.<\/p>\n

The road from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro was lined with vehicles, decorated with Ouattara\u2019s pictures and the Ivorian flag.<\/p>\n

\u201c Ivorians have all moved to the capital for the last dance,\u2019\u2019 another Ivorienne, Sadia Youssouf, said.<\/p>\n

Youssouf said the pain that followed the November elections was worth celebrating in \u201cgrand style\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n

Ivorian youths and women besieged the Hotel Ivoire in Abidjan, which is the secretariat for the event, before Friday to get jobs as ushers, traffic controllers and drivers during the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people got hired and that will reduce their stress after the five months of war that has frustrated everybody,\u2019\u2019 Pascal Yao said.<\/p>\n

Yao added that he lost his job as a steward in a hotel and was at the Hotel Ivoire to get hired as a driver for the event but was unlucky to have missed the opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will still be in Yamoussoukro to sweat out the stress of the last five months at least,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

NAN reports that fears were earlier raised on security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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