President Bola Tinubu will leave Abuja on Saturday, July 8, 2023, 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, the capital of Guinea-Bissau.
This was contained in a statement issued on Friday, June 7, by the Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake.
Alake noted that the Summit, which will hold 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; Report of the 90th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Council of Ministers on the financial situation of the body and the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), as well as Report on the status of Transition in the Republics of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea.
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According to him, other items slated for discussion include the Memoranda on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme and the Report on Obstacles to Free Movement of Goods on the Abidjan- Lagos corridor.
The presidential spokesman disclosed that President Tinubu will be accompanied by some members of the Presidential Policy Advisory Council and other top government officials.
He said Tinubu will be back in Nigeria at the end of the meeting.
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