President
Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to jet out of the country.
The President will depart for
Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday, July 15, to participate in the Fifth Mid-Year
Coordination Meeting (5thMYCM) of the African Union (AU).
Presidential spokesman, Dele Alake, in a statement on
Friday, said the President as the Chairperson of ECOWAS will join Heads of
State and Government, Foreign Ministers of the AU Member-States, and high-level
dignitaries at the mid-year meeting which will take place on Sunday, July 16.
He said President Tinubu would present a report on the
status of regional integration in ECOWAS, highlighting actions carried out
during the period under review by ECOWAS institutions, member-states, the
private sector, and other stakeholders to deepen integration through trade,
free movement of persons, investment promotion, infrastructure development,
peace, security and stability.
Alake added that the 5th MYCM, which is convening under
the AU’s theme for 2023 christened “Acceleration of African Continental
Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Implementation,” will bring together the
Bureau of the AU Assembly, comprising the Heads of State and Government from
Comoros, Botswana, Burundi, and Senegal, as well as the leaders of the eight
RECs.
According to him, these regional economic communities
include ECOWAS chaired by Nigeria, the East African Community (EAC), the
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the Common Market for
Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Southern African Development
Community (SADC), the Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN SAD), the Arab
Maghreb Union (UMA), and the Economic Community of Central African States
(ECCAS).
The presidential spokesman said the meeting will also
involve the African Union Commission and the RMs.
President Tinubu, who will be accompanied by senior
government officials, is expected to return to the country at the conclusion of
the meeting.
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