Shettima departs Abuja for ECOWAS summit in Sierra Leone

Nigeria's Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has departed Abuja to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 69th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The summit is being held in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Shettima will join other political and business leaders from across West Africa and beyond at the event, which takes place at the Julius Maada Bio International Conference Centre. The summit's agenda is centered on making key policy decisions and adopting strategic resolutions. Leaders are expected to reaffirm their collective commitment to peace, democracy, economic growth, and regional integration.

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The summit is expected to focus on key policy decisions, strategic resolutions, and reaffirm the leaders’ collective commitment to peace, democracy, economic growth, and regional integration.

As part of the ECOWAS Mid-Year statutory meeting, the summit will bring together Heads of State, government ministers, senior officials, and regional institutions. The discussions will focus on advancing the Community's shared priorities, including security, democratic governance, economic integration, trade, infrastructure development, and sustainable development. The gathering aims to strengthen regional cooperation and address pressing shared challenges within the evolving political and economic landscape of the sub-region.

Following his engagements in Sierra Leone, the Vice President is scheduled to return to Abuja.

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A part of the ECOWAS Mid-Year statutory meeting, the summit will bring together Heads of State and Government, Ministers, senior officials and regional institutions to advance the Community’s shared priorities of security, democratic governance, economic integration, trade, infrastructure and sustainable development.