Tinubu is expected to present a report on the status of regional integration in ECOWAS, highlighting actions carried out during the period under review by ECOWAS institutions, member-states, the private sector, and other stakeholders.

Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived at the venue of the African Union (AU) 5th Mid-year Coordination meeting holding at the United Nations (UN) complex in Nairobi, Kenya.

President Tinubu is attending the meeting as Nigerian leader and the new Chairman of ECOWAS, one of the eight Regional Economic Communities.

He is expected to present a report on the status of regional integration in ECOWAS, highlighting actions carried out during the period under review by ECOWAS institutions, member-states, the private sector, and other stakeholders to deepen integration through trade, free movement of persons, investment promotion, infrastructure development, peace, security and stability.

The meeting, with the theme ‘Acceleration of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Implementation,” brings together the Bureau of the AU Assembly, comprising the Heads of State and Government from Comoros, Botswana, Burundi, and Senegal, as well as the leaders of the eight Regional Economic Communities.