US EditionTinubu Celebrates ECOWAS 50th Anniversary Committing Nigeria to Regional Development and Integration – Media Talk Africa
- President Bola Tinubu celebrated ECOWAS's 50th anniversary with a keynote address in Lagos on Wednesday, urging regional leaders to prioritize integration and development.
- The event marked five decades since ECOWAS's 1975 founding treaty, with Tinubu honoring founding father General Yakubu Gowon, the sole surviving signatory, while acknowledging ongoing regional challenges.
- Tinubu emphasized ECOWAS's achievements in fostering peacekeeping, promoting free movement, enhancing trade integration, supporting democratic governance, and advancing regional development through projects such as the long-term infrastructure plan spanning 2020 to 2045 and various digital innovation efforts.
- He highlighted that young people and women, who represent the majority of the population, should be prioritized in ECOWAS's future development, stressing the importance of moving beyond policy declarations to deliver concrete results.
- Tinubu called for renewed commitment to unity and cooperation within ECOWAS, envisioning a West Africa with open borders and shared prosperity, while expressing hope that member states that had left would return.
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