President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has traveled to 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) scheduled for Sunday, in the country’s capital, Bissau. According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, Dele Alake which stated that President Tinubu would be accompanied by top government officials and some members of the Presidential Policy Advisory Council.
The statement reads in part, “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; 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 is expected to return to the country at the end of the Summit.
