President Bola Tinubu arrived in Lagos on Tuesday for the 50th Anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

 His official aircraft, Nigeria Air Force (NAF) 1

 touched down at the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja at about 4.15pm.

Top Lagos State government officials led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu were on ground to welcome the President to the Centre of Excellence. 

President Tinubu will host other ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on Wednesday at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) and Eko Hotels and Suites to mark the regional bloc’s golden jubilee events, which began in Accra last month.

The Lagos events will include re-enacting the 1975 declaration at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in Victoria Island.

The only surviving Head of State who signed the ECOWAS declaration, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), will participate in all the ceremonies and deliver a speech at the Eko Hotels.

 President Tinubu will also on Saturday inaugurate some of his administration’s projects while in Lagos.

Among 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–Calabar Coastal Highway, and the 7th Axial Road.

The President will virtually inaugurate Kano-Kanwar-Danja-Hadejiya Section II Road and Yakasai-Zalli Road and flag off the Kano Northern By-pass, Zaria-Hunkuyi-Dabai Section I, Dabai-Kafur Malumfashi, and Malumfashi-Dayi-Yashe-Gidan Mutum Daya Section III.

 President Tinubu is expected observe the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at the State House, Dodan Barracks, before returning to Abuja.

Deji Elumoye

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