President Bola Tinubu will today depart Abuja for Guinea-Bissau to attend the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States in Bissau, the country’s capital.
Dele Alake, The President’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, revealed this in a statement titled, “President Tinubu to attend ECOWAS summit in Guinea-Bissau”.
The summit, which begins on tomorrow is expected to address memoranda on five pressing sub-regional issues.
They include the report of the 50th ordinary session of the Mediation and Security Council covering security challenges faced by the member countries; report of the 90th ordinary session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers on the financial situation of the body and the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area, as well as the report on thestatus of transition in the Republics of Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea.
Other items slated for discussion include the memoranda on the ECOWAS single currency programme and the report on obstacles to the free movement of goods on the Abidjan-Lagos corridor.
Since assuming office on May 29, 2023, Tinubu has visited Paris, France, where he participated in the summit for ‘A New Global Financing Pact’ hosted by French President, Emmanuel Macron, on June 22 and 23, while Guinea-Bissau will be the first African state Tinubu is visiting.
Some members of the Presidential Policy Advisory Council and other top government officials will accompany him to Guinea-Bissau, according to Alake.
He is expected back in the country at the end of the meeting.
