President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has departed Abuja for Lagos to lead the 50th anniversary celebration of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The event marks a continuation of the golden jubilee activities, which were officially flagged off last month in Accra, Ghana.
The disclosure was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the State House and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
It stated that the President will participate in a series of commemorative events, including a symbolic reenactment of the 1975 founding declaration of ECOWAS at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Victoria Island, Lagos.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will leave Abuja on Tuesday for Lagos to celebrate, along with other leaders, the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The ECOWAS golden jubilee was flagged off in Accra last month. “The Lagos events will include reenacting the 1975 declaration at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in Victoria Island,” the statement read in part.
As Chairman of ECOWAS, President Tinubu will also address a high-level gathering at Eko Hotels and Suites, where he is expected to highlight the achievements and regional impact of the bloc over the past five decades.
The ceremony will feature remarks by Dr. Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, and a keynote speech by Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), Nigeria’s former Head of State and the only surviving signatory of the original ECOWAS treaty. Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, Chairman of the NIIA and former Minister of External Affairs, will review the bloc’s journey, followed by a panel discussion.
Other Projects to be Commissioned are;
– Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Section
– Lekki Deep Sea Port Tax Credit Concrete Road
– Section II of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway
– 7th Axial Road
– Kano-Kanwar-Danja-Hadejiya Section II Road (virtual commissioning)
– Yakasai-Zalli Road (virtual commissioning)
– Kano Northern By-pass, Zaria-Hunkuyi-Dabai Section I (flag-off)
– Dabai-Kafur Malumfashi, Malumfashi-Dayi-Yashe-Gidan Mutum Daya Section III (flag-off)
After the celebrations, President Tinubu will observe the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at the State House, Dodan Barracks, before returning to Abuja.
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