Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Ahmed Tinubu will on Saturday, July 8, depart Nigeria 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 (ECOWAS) in Bissau.
In a statement issued by the special adviser to president on special duties, communications and strategy Dele Alake, on Friday, said the summit, which takes place on Sunday, July 9, is expected to address memoranda on pressing sub-regional issues, including the report of the 50th Ordinary Session of the Mediation and Security Council (MSC) covering security challenges faced by the member countries.
According to Alake, the report of the 90th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers on the financial situation of the body, the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), as well as the report of the transition in the republics of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea, will also be considered.
Other items slated for discussion include memoranda on the ECOWAS single currency programme and the report on obstacles to the free movement of goods in the Abidjan-Lagos corridor.
The President will be accompanied by members of the Presidential Policy Advisory Council and other top government officials and he is expected to be back in the country at the end of the meeting.
The ECOWAS trip will mark the second time President Tinubu will represent Nigeria at an international forum after returning from France, where he attended a financial summit.
