• 26 May, 2025
• FAITH MIMDOO KEGH
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Tinubu Heads to Lagos for ECOWAS Anniversary, to Inaugurate Federal Projects.

President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to travel from Abuja to Lagos on T

uesday to take part in the 50th anniversary celebration of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The event will be held at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) on Victoria Island.

According to a statement by presidential adviser Bayo Onanuga, the Lagos celebration will feature a symbolic reenactment of the 1975 declaration that established ECOWAS. President Tinubu, who also chairs the regional bloc, will deliver a keynote address highlighting its achievements over the decades.

The program will also include a historical review by Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, Chairman of the NIIA and former Minister of External Affairs. A panel of experts is expected to further discuss ECOWAS’ development since its founding.

Former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), the only surviving signatory of the original ECOWAS declaration, will attend and speak at the event. ECOWAS Commission President Dr. Omar Touray will open the celebrations with a welcome address.

In addition to the anniversary events, President Tinubu will commission several infrastructure projects on Saturday, May 31. These include:

  Section I of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway
  Lekki Deep Sea Port Tax Credit Concrete Road
  Flag-off of Section II of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway
  The 7th Axial Road

He will also remotely inaugurate other key road projects, including:

  Kano-Kanwar-Danja-Hadejiya Section II
  Yakasai-Zalli Road
  Kano Northern Bypass
  Zaria-Hunkuyi-Dabai Section I
  Dabai-Kafur-Malumfashi
  Malumfashi-Dayi-Yashe-Gidan Mutum Daya Section III

Before returning to Abuja, President Tinubu will observe Eid-el-Kabir prayers at the State House in Dodan Barracks.

FAITH MIMDOO KEGH

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