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Tinubu Receives Presidents Of Benin, Niger, Guinea-Bissau In Aso Rock For ‘Private Meeting’

FILE
July 18, 2023

Also in the company of the Heads of State who arrived at the Presidential Villa, Abuja for a talk with President Tinubu is the President of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) Commission, Touray Assumes.

 

Presidents Patrice Talon of Republic of Benin, Mohamed Bazoum of the Republic of Niger and Umaro Embaló of Republic of Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday visited President Bola Tinubu at the forecourt of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Also in the company of the Heads of State who arrived at the Presidential Villa, Abuja for a talk with President Tinubu is the President of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) Commission, Touray Assumes.

A few minutes after the West African leaders’ arrival, Tinubu led them into a private session at his office. ⁣

But while the specific agenda of Tuesday’s meeting is not yet known, the meeting is coming barely nine days after President Tinubu assumed the Chairmanship of the Authority of Heads of State of the ECOWAS. ⁣

However, the West African leaders are expected to discuss security and economic development in the sub-region.