Tinubu to attend 6th African Union mid-year meeting in Ghana
President Bola Tinubu will, on July 20, depart Abuja for Accra, Ghana, to attend the Sixth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the African Union Member States.
As the chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, Mr Tinubu will address the meeting on the status of regional integration across various areas in Africa.
A statement on Friday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said the president would highlight the achievements and challenges encountered in West Africa since the last meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, in July 2023.
“The president and chairman of ECOWAS will present the ‘2024 Report on the State of the Community,’ focusing on peace, regional security, governance, economic integration, humanitarian and social development, energy, mines and agriculture.
“The meeting will be convened under the AU theme of the year 2024: ‘Educate and Skill Africa for the 21st Century.’
“The Mid-Year Coordination Meeting was conceptualised in 2017 as the principal forum for the AU and the RECs to align their work and coordinate the implementation of the continental integration agenda, replacing the June/July summits,” said the statement.
In July 2023, Mr Tinubu, elected as the chairman of ECOWAS, delivered his maiden speech at the AU Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, where he affirmed Africa’s strength and the need for unity.
In Accra, the items on the agenda will include evaluating the AU’s early warning and conflict prevention mechanisms and promoting cooperation among regional economic communities to accelerate integration.
A declaration will be adopted at the end of the meeting.
Senior government officials will accompany Mr Tinubu.
(NAN)
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