All necessary arrangements have been concluded for President
Bola Tinubu to depart Abuja for Lagos on Tuesday to join other leaders in the
50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the
President on Information & Strategy, on Monday, noted that the ECOWAS
golden jubilee was flagged off in Accra last month.
According to Onanuga, the Lagos events will include
reenacting the 1975 declaration at the Nigerian Institute of International
Affairs in Victoria Island.
According to the itinerary, at the Eko Hotels and Suites,
Tinubu, as Chairman of ECOWAS, will highlight the economic bloc’s milestones.
The statement listed the activities: “The Chairman of the
NIIA and former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, will
review the bloc’s 50-year journey, which panellists at the NIIA will later
analyse.
“The only surviving Head of State who signed the ECOWAS
declaration, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), will participate in all the ceremonies
and deliver a speech at the Eko Hotels.
“Dr Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, will
deliver the welcome address.
“While in Lagos, President Tinubu will, on Saturday, May 31,
commission some projects of the administration.
“Among them are Section I of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal
Highway, Lekki Deep Sea Port Tax Credit Concrete Road, the flag-off of Section
II of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway, and the 7th Axial Road.
“The President will virtually commission
Kano-Kanwar-Danja-Hadejiya Section II Road and Yakasai-Zalli Road and flag off
the Kano Northen By-pass, Zaria-Hunkuyi-Dabai Section I, Dabai-Kafur
Malumfashi, and Malumfashi-Dayi-Yashe-Gidan Mutum Daya Section III.
“President Tinubu will observe the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at
the State House, Dodan Barracks, before returning to Abuja.”
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