Shettima departs Abuja for 69th ECOWAS Summit in Sierra Leone
Vice President Kashim Shettima
Abdullateef Fowewe
Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima has left Abuja on Sunday to represent President Bola Ahmed 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) in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
According to a State House press release issued on Sunday by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications (Office of the Vice President), Shettima will join other political and business leaders across West Africa and beyond at the summit, which is taking place today at the Julius Maada Bio International Conference Centre.
The release states, “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.”
It further notes that, as part of the ECOWAS Mid-Year statutory meeting, the gathering 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.”
Vice President Shettima is expected to return to Abuja upon the conclusion of his engagements in Sierra Leone.
