Tinubu touched down Cotonou for Republic of Benin independence anniversary

Tinubu comes in Cotonou on the anniversary of the Republic of Benin's independence.

In order to attend the Republic of Benin's 63rd anniversary of independence, President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Cotonou.⁣

President Patrice Talon and several senior government officials welcomed President Tinubu when he arrived on Tuesday morning.

Six governors, including Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq (Kwara), Nasir Idris (Kebbi), and Mohammed Umar Bago (Niger), were in the president's entourage.

This will be Tinubu's third encounter with the Talon since the latter took office.

They had first crossed paths outside the New Global Financing Pact meeting in Paris, France.

Both leaders later met to discuss the political situation in the Niger Republic, where the president of the Benin Republic had invited him for the anniversary, at the 63rd Ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, which was held in Guinea-Bissau and recently in Abuja.

President Tinubu had brought the Beninese president's attention to the need to evaluate and enhance ties between their two nations' cultures, trade, and economies, emphasising coordinated border patrols by the Customs and harmonising rules on the front lines.

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