President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to leave Abuja on Tuesday for Lagos to participate in the 50th-anniversary celebration of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
This golden jubilee, which began in Accra, Ghana, in April, will see Tinubu join other leaders in the celebrations.
According to a statement issued Monday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, and posted on X, the Lagos events will include a reenactment of the 1975 ECOWAS declaration at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in Victoria Island.
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At the Eko Hotels and Suites event, President Tinubu, who chairs ECOWAS, will highlight the economic bloc’s milestones.
Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, Chairman of the NIIA and former Minister of External Affairs, will review ECOWAS’s 50-year journey, with further analysis by panelists at the NIIA.
General Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), the only surviving Head of State who signed the original ECOWAS declaration, will attend all ceremonies and deliver a speech at Eko Hotels.
Dr. Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, is expected to give the welcome address.
While in Lagos, Tinubu will also commission several administration projects on Saturday, May 31.
These include Section I of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, the Lekki Deep Sea Port Tax Credit Concrete Road, and the flag-off of Section II of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway and the 7th Axial Road.
Additionally, the President will virtually commission the Kano-Kanwar-Danja-Hadejiya Section II Road and Yakasai-Zalli Road.
He will also flag off the Kano Northern By-pass, Zaria-Hunkuyi-Dabai Section I, Dabai-Kafur Malumfashi, and Malumfashi-Dayi-Yashe-Gidan Mutum Daya Section III.
Before returning to Abuja, President Tinubu will observe the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at the State House, Dodan Barracks.
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