President Bola Tinubu is set to depart from Abuja for Ghana to attend the Sixth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU). The events will take place at the Accra International Conference Center from July 18 to July 21, 2024.

The AU meeting will have several delegates from across the African continent in Accra for the 45th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council to deliberate on the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the African Union Member States.

Reports indicate that Tinubu, as the Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, will address the meeting on the status of regional integration across various areas in Africa.

He 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 event is being convened under the AU theme of the year 2024: ‘Educate and Skill Africa for the 21st Century.’

In July 2023, President Tinubu, who was then elected as the Chairman of ECOWAS, delivered his maiden speech at the AU Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, where he affirmed Africa’s strength and the need for unity.

The meeting will include evaluating the AU’s early warning and conflict prevention mechanisms and promoting cooperation among regional economic communities to accelerate integration.

Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, said, “The President, who will be accompanied by senior government officials, will return to the country at the conclusion of the meeting.”