President Bola Tinubu will on Tuesday depart Abuja for Lagos to attend the 50th anniversary celebration of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
ECOWAS was founded on May 28, 1975, to promote economic integration across West Africa.
In April, the regional bloc launched the 50th anniversary celebration in Accra, the capital of Ghana, and has lined up a series of activities in Lagos, Nigeria, to mark the golden jubilee.
The re-enactment of the 1975 declaration will take place at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Victoria Island.
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A statement by Bayo Onanuga, presidential media aide, said Tinubu will deliver a speech on the economic achievements of the regional bloc at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island.
Yakubu Gowon, the only surviving head of state, who signed the ECOWAS declaration, will also deliver a speech.
Omar Touray, president of the ECOWAS commission, will deliver the welcome address, while Bolaji Akinyemi, a former minister of external affairs, will review the bloc’s 50-year journey.
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TINUBU TO COMMISSION PROJECTS IN LAGOS
Onanuga said Tinubu will, on May 31, commission some projects in Lagos.
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.
“The President will virtually commission 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 statement reads.
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Onanuga said the president will observe the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at the state house, Dodan barracks, before returning to Abuja.
