President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja for Accra, Ghana on Saturday, July 20, to participate in the Sixth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU), Regional Economic Communities (RECs), Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and African Union Member States.
According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu will address the meeting in his capacity as Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government.
He will discuss the status of regional integration across various areas in Africa, highlighting achievements and challenges encountered in West Africa since the last meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, in July 2023.
The President 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. The meeting will be convened under the AU theme of the year 2024: ‘Educate and Skill Africa for the 21st Century.’
The Mid-Year Coordination Meeting, conceptualized in 2017, serves as the principal forum for the AU and RECs to align their work and coordinate the implementation of the continental integration agenda.
President Tinubu, who was elected as the Chairman of ECOWAS in July 2023, delivered his maiden speech at the AU Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, where he stressed Africa’s strength and the need for unity.
The agenda for the Accra meeting includes evaluating the AU’s early warning and conflict prevention mechanisms and promoting cooperation among regional economic communities to accelerate integration.
A declaration will be adopted at the end of the meeting.
