President Tinubu to jet out of Nigeria for ECOWAS summit

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been billed to attend the 63rd ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Guinea-Bissau.

This was confirmed in a statement issued by the President's spokesman, Dele Alake, on Friday, July 7.

President Tinubu will depart for Bissau on Saturday, July 8 and join other West African leaders at the summit, which will commence on Sunday, July 9.

The summit will highlight and address a series of sub-regional challenges as contained in the statement.

These challenges, according to the statement, include: "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; the Memoranda on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme and the Report on Obstacles to the Free Movement of Goods on the Abidjan- Lagos corridor."

Some Presidential Policy Advisory Council members and other top government officials would accompany President Tinubu.

He is expected back in the country at the end of the meeting.