President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will leave Abuja for Guinea-Bissau today, July 8, to attend the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government in Bissau, the capital of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, announced this in a statement on Friday.
The conference, scheduled for July 9th, is intended to address memoranda on important sub-regional concerns.
The statement reads, “Other issues that the Summit will address include; 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.
“Other items slated for discussion include; Memoranda on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme and the Report on Obstacles to Free Movement of Goods on the Abidjan-Lagos corridor.”
President Tinubu will be accompanied by members of the Presidential Policy Advisory Council and other top government officials, according to Alade.
According to him, the president would return to the country at the conclusion of the summit.
