UPDATE: PRES TINUBU ARRIVES ETHIOPIA FOR 38TH AU SUMMIT
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In order to take part in the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government, President Bola Tinubu has travelled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Nigerian minister of foreign affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar; the charge d’affaires of the Nigerian embassy in Ethiopia, Ambassador Nasir Aminu; and Ethiopian deputy chief of protocol, Eshetu Legesse, met the president at the airport upon his arrival on Thursday evening.
Later, in a meeting that lasted until around two in the morning on Friday, Ambassador Tuggar gave President Tinubu an update on the summit and some diplomatic victories for the nation.
Among the wins was the re-election of Ambassador Bankole Adeoye as African Union commissioner for political affairs, peace and security. Nigeria also retains its seat on the African Union peace and security council, reaffirming, in the words of Ambassador Tuggar, “Nigeria’s leadership and commitment to peace and security on the continent”.
At the briefing were Wale Edun, the minister of finance; Abubakar Badaru, minister of defence; Jumoke Oduwole, the minister of trade and investment; Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation; Muhammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation; Balarabe Abbas Lawal, minister of environment and Doris Uzoka-Anite, minister of state for finance.
This year’s AU Summit, under the theme “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations,” focuses on reparatory justice and racial healing.
President Tinubu will deliver a speech at the summit-level meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council, where discussions will focus on current security challenges on the continent, including the escalation of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
President Tinubu is scheduled to return to Abuja on Monday, February 17.
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