Tinubu to visit Guinea-Bissau for ECOWAS summit

On Saturday, July 8, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will fly from Abuja to Bissau, the capital of the Republic 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).

According to a statement by Presidential spokesman, Dele Alake, the Summit, which will take place on Sunday, July 9, is expected to address memoranda on pressing sub-regional issues including; 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.

Memoranda on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme and the Report on Barriers to Free Movement of Goods on the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor are two more topics that will be discussed.

Some members of the Presidential Policy Advisory Council and other senior government officials will go with President Tinubu.

At the conclusion of the summit, he is anticipated to return to the nation.

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