President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday depart Abuja for Accra, Ghana, to participate in the 6th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the African Union Member-States.
According to a statement by presidential spokesman Chief Ajuri Ngelale on Friday, in his capacity as the chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Tinubu will address the meeting on the status of regional integration across various areas in Africa, highlighting the achievements and challenges encountered in West Africa since the last meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, in July 2023.
According to Persecondnews, the president and chairman of ECOWAS will present the ‘2024 Report on the State of the Community’, which will focus on peace, regional security, governance, economic integration, humanitarian and social development, energy, mining, and agriculture.
The AU’s 2024 theme, “Educate and Skill Africa for the 21st Century,” will serve as the basis for the meeting.
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.
“In July 2023, President Tinubu, who was then 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.”
The meeting will end with the adoption of a declaration.
President Tinubu, who will be accompanied by senior government officials, will return to the country at the end of the meeting.
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