President Tinubu departs Nigeria for ECOWAS meeting in Guinea Bissau

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday afternoon departed Abuja for Bissau, the capital of 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

Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume were among those at the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport in Abuja to see off the President.

The President’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, had on Friday disclosed that the President will attend the ECOWAS summit in Guinea-Bissau.

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Participants at the summit, which begins on Sunday, are 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 the status 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.

Guinea-Bissau is the first African state Tinubu is visiting since assuming office on May 29, 2023.