President Bola Tinubu will travel from Abuja to Guinea-Bissau to participate in the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS.
He will leave the country on Saturday, July 8, 2023, for the summit which will take place in Bissau, the capital of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
In a statement issued by Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, the Summit will take place on Sunday, July 9, and is expected to address memoranda on pressing sub-regional issues including; 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; Memoranda on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme and the Report on Obstacles to Free Movement of Goods on the Abidjan- Lagos corridor.
President Tinubu will be accompanied by some members of the Presidential Policy Advisory Council and other top government officials.
He is expected back in the country at the end of the meeting.
