File photo of Tinubu being welcomed to Lagos by Sanwo-Olu in 2024
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Lagos for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The presidential jet landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport around 4:15pm on Tuesday.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, along with other top government officials, received the president at the airport.
The president is expected to deliver a speech alongside other West African leaders at the ECOWAS event on Wednesday.
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A statement by Bayo Onanuga, presidential media aide, on Monday, had said Yakubu Gowon, the only surviving head of state, who signed the ECOWAS declaration, would also deliver a speech.
Omar Touray, president of the ECOWAS commission, is expected to deliver the welcome address, while Bolaji Akinyemi, a former minister of external affairs, will review the bloc’s 50-year journey.
On May 31, Tinubu will commission some projects in Lagos.
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The projects include section I of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, the Lekki deep seaport tax credit concrete road, the flag-off of section II of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, and the 7th Axial Road.
Tinubu will also virtually commission some projects, including the Kano-Kanwar-Danja-Hadejiya Section II Road and Yakasai-Zalli road, and flag off the Kano northern By-pass, Zaria-Hunkuyi-Dabai Section I, Dabai-Kafur Malumfashi, and Malumfashi-Dayi-Yashe-Gidan Mutum Daya Section III.
The president will observe the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at the state house, Dodan barracks, before returning to Abuja.
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