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President Tinubu Heads to Nairobi for Mid-Year African Union Meeting

President Bola Tinubu has traveled to Nairobi, Kenya today to participate in the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union,  the Regional Economic Communities, the Regional Mechanisms, and the African Union Member States.

According to a release issued by the president’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, Mr. Dele Alake, the Nigerian President as ECOWAS chairman will join Heads of State and Government, Foreign Ministers of the African Union Member-States, and high-level dignitaries at the mid-year meeting which will take place on Sunday, July 16.

The President 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.

President Tinubu, who will be accompanied by senior government officials, is expected to return to the country at the conclusion of the meeting.

VOP Lagos

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