President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday, July 20 depart Abuja for Accra, the Ghanaian capital, to participate in the sixth mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Friday, said, “In his capacity as the Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Tinubu will address the meeting on the status of regional integration across various areas in Africa”.

The statement is titled, ‘President Tinubu to attend the sixth mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union in Ghana.’

Ngelale said the President will highlight the achievements and challenges encountered in West Africa since the last meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, in July 2023.

He added that the President and Chairman of ECOWAS will 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 meeting will be convened under the AU theme of the year 2024: ‘Educate and Skill Africa for the 21st Century”.

“Conceptualised in 2017, the Mid-Year Coordination meeting is the principal forum for the AU and the RECs to align their work and coordinate the implementation of the continental integration agenda, replacing the June/July summits.

“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,” Ngelale said.

According to him, in Accra, the items on the agenda will include evaluating the AU’s early warning and conflict prevention mechanisms and promoting cooperation among regional economic communities to accelerate integration.

“A declaration will be adopted at the end of the meeting.

“President Tinubu, who will be accompanied by senior government officials, will return to the country after the meeting,” he averred.