By Abiola Olawale
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has jetted out of Nigeria for Ghana to attend the sixth mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union.
The President has also arrived in Accra ahead of the meeting which is scheduled to begin tomorrow, Sunday, July 20.
Tinubu, who also doubles as the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, departed Abuja on Saturday morning and arrived at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra, hours later.
The President was received at the airport by the Ghanian Deputy Minister of Education, Prof Kingsley Nyarko; Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar and Charge D’Affaires, Nigerian High Commission in Ghana, Ambassador Dayo Adeoye, among other officials.
This development was relayed in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, at the weekend.
Ngelale, in the statement, disclosed that the President will highlight the achievements and challenges encountered in West Africa since the last meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, in July 2023.
He further explained that Tinubu 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.
According to Ngelale, 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 regional integration.
