President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Tuesday for Lagos to have a good time, together with different leaders, the fiftieth anniversary of the {Economic} Neighborhood of West African States (ECOWAS).
Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, in an announcement mentioned the Lagos occasions will embrace reenacting the 1975 declaration on the Nigerian Institute of Worldwide Affairs in Victoria Island.
The ECOWAS golden jubilee was flagged off in Accra final month.
On the occasion holding on the Eko Motels and Suites, President Tinubu who’s the Chairman of ECOWAS is predicted to spotlight the {economic} bloc’s milestones.
Chairman of the NIIA and former Minister of Exterior Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, will evaluation the bloc’s 50-year journey, which panelists on the NIIA occasion will later analyse.
The one surviving Head of State who signed the ECOWAS declaration, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), can be anticipated to take part in all of the ceremonies and ship a speech on the Eko Motels.
President of the ECOWAS Fee, Dr Omar Touray, will ship the welcome deal with on the occasion.
Whereas in Lagos, Tinubu will on Saturday, Might 31, fee some initiatives executed by the administration.
Amongst them are Part I of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Freeway, Lekki Deep Sea Port Tax Credit score Concrete Street, the flag-off of Part II of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Freeway, and the seventh Axial Street.
The President may also just about fee the Kano-Kanwar-Danja-Hadejiya Part II Street and Yakasai-Zalli Street and flag off the Kano Northern By-pass, Zaria-Hunkuyi-Dabai Part I, Dabai-Kafur Malumfashi, and Malumfashi-Dayi-Yashe-Gidan Mutum Daya Part III.
Tinubu will observe the Eid-el-Kabir prayers on the State Home, Dodan Barracks in Lagos earlier than returning to Abuja.
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