Tinubu departs today, to attend ECOWAS Summit in Guinea-Bissau

President Bola Tinubu will today, Saturday, depart Abuja for Guinea-Bissau 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 Bissau, the countrys capital.

The Presidents Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, revealed this in a statement he signed yesterday, titled: President Tinubu to attend ECOWAS summit in Guinea-Bissau.

At the Summit tomorrow Sunday, participants are expected to address memoranda on five pressing sub-regional issues.

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.

Guinea-Bissau is the first African State the President is visiting since assuming office on May 29, 2023. Some members of the Presidential Policy Advisory Council and other top government officials will accompany him.

The Nigerian leader is expected back in the country at the end of the meeting.

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