{"id":164302,"date":"2025-05-26T17:34:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T16:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ecowas-50th-anniversary-tinubu-departs-for-lagos-tuesday"},"modified":"2025-05-26T18:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:42:10","slug":"ecowas-50th-anniversary-tinubu-departs-for-lagos-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ecowas-50th-anniversary-tinubu-departs-for-lagos-tuesday","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS 50th Anniversary: Tinubu departs for Lagos Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>All necessary arrangements have been concluded for President Bola Tinubu to depart Abuja for Lagos on Tuesday to join other leaders in the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).<\/p>\n<p>A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information &amp; Strategy, on Monday, noted that the ECOWAS golden jubilee was flagged off in Accra last month.<\/p>\n<p>According to Onanuga, the Lagos events will include reenacting the 1975 declaration at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in Victoria Island.<\/p>\n<p>According to the itinerary, at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Tinubu, as Chairman of ECOWAS, will highlight the economic bloc\u2019s milestones.<\/p>\n<p>The statement listed the activities: \u201cThe Chairman of the NIIA and former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, will review the bloc\u2019s 50-year journey, which panellists at the NIIA will later analyse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only surviving Head of State who signed the ECOWAS declaration, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), will participate in all the ceremonies and deliver a speech at the Eko Hotels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, will deliver the welcome address.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile in Lagos, President Tinubu will, on Saturday, May 31, commission some projects of the administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmong them are Section I of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Lekki Deep Sea Port Tax Credit Concrete Road, the flag-off of Section II of the Lagos\u2013Calabar Coastal Highway, and the 7th Axial Road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President will virtually commission Kano-Kanwar-Danja-Hadejiya Section II Road and Yakasai-Zalli Road and flag off the Kano Northen By-pass, Zaria-Hunkuyi-Dabai Section I, Dabai-Kafur Malumfashi, and Malumfashi-Dayi-Yashe-Gidan Mutum Daya Section III.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Tinubu will observe the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at the State House, Dodan Barracks, before returning to Abuja.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. All necessary arrangements have been concluded for President Bola Tinubu to depart Abuja for Lagos on Tuesday to join other leaders in the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information &amp; Strategy, on Monday, noted that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":164301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[847,206,254,945],"class_list":["post-164302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-ecowas","tag-lagos","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ECOWAS 50th Anniversary: Tinubu departs for Lagos Tuesday - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All necessary arrangements have been concluded for President Bola Tinubu to depart Abuja for Lagos on Tuesday to join ot ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ecowas-50th-anniversary-tinubu-departs-for-lagos-tuesday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ECOWAS 50th Anniversary: Tinubu departs for Lagos Tuesday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"All necessary arrangements have been concluded for President Bola Tinubu to depart Abuja for Lagos on Tuesday to join ot ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ecowas-50th-anniversary-tinubu-departs-for-lagos-tuesday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-26T16:34:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-26T17:42:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1748268769.77695.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ecowas-50th-anniversary-tinubu-departs-for-lagos-tuesday#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ecowas-50th-anniversary-tinubu-departs-for-lagos-tuesday\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ECOWAS 50th Anniversary: Tinubu departs for Lagos Tuesday\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-26T16:34:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-26T17:42:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ecowas-50th-anniversary-tinubu-departs-for-lagos-tuesday\"},\"wordCount\":298,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ecowas-50th-anniversary-tinubu-departs-for-lagos-tuesday#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1748268769.77695.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ECOWAS\",\"Lagos\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ecowas-50th-anniversary-tinubu-departs-for-lagos-tuesday#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ecowas-50th-anniversary-tinubu-departs-for-lagos-tuesday\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ecowas-50th-anniversary-tinubu-departs-for-lagos-tuesday\",\"name\":\"ECOWAS 50th Anniversary: Tinubu departs for Lagos Tuesday - 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