President Tinubu to Attend African Union Meeting in Ghana

President Bola Tinubu is set to attend the Sixth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU) in Accra, Ghana. As the Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, Tinubu will address the meeting on the status of regional integration in Africa, highlighting achievements and challenges faced in West Africa since the last meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, in July 2023. The President will also 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, convened under the AU theme ‘Educate and Skill Africa for the 21st Century’, aims to align the work of the AU and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) to implement the continental integration agenda. The agenda 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. Tinubu will be accompanied by senior government officials and will return to Nigeria at the conclusion of the meeting.