Shettima departs Abuja to represent President Tinubu at 69th ECOWAS Summit in Freetown

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Sunday, departed Abuja, for Freetown Sierra Leone, to represent President Bola Tinubu, at the 69th Ordinary Session of the Authority of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, office of the Vice President, said in a statement, that Shettima is expected to join other political and business leaders across West Africa and beyond at the Summit scheduled to take place at the Julius Maada Bio International Conference Centre, Freetown.

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.

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The ECOWAS mid-year statutory meeting brings 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.

“The Vice President will return to Abuja at the conclusion of his engagement in the West African nation” the statement said.