President Bola Tinubu has been scheduled to leave Abuja today, May 27, 2025, for Lagos to celebrate, along with other leaders, the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

The ECOWAS golden jubilee was flagged off in Accra last month. According to a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Lagos events will include re-enacting the 1975 declaration at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Victoria Island.

At the Eko Hotels and Suites event, President Tinubu, as the Chairman of ECOWAS, will highlight the economic bloc’s milestones. Chairman of the NIIA and former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, will review the bloc’s 50-year journey, which panellists at the NIIA will later analyse.

The 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.

Also, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, will deliver the welcome address. However, in Lagos, Tinubu will, on Saturday, May 31, 2025, commission some projects.

The statement also stated that Tinubu would observe the Eid-el-Kabir prayers in Lagos before returning to Abuja.