According to Chronicle NG, President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on Thursday for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend the 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly (AU).
The theme of the AU Summit is “Accelerating the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).”
The President will attend three High-Level Meetings on peace and security, climate change, and the political situation in a number of West African countries.
The first is the Peace and Security Council (PSC) meeting of Heads of State and Government on the situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (AUPSC High-Level AU), which will be chaired by South Africa’s President in his capacity as Council Chair for the month of February.
The second event is a meeting of the Committee of the Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC), which is currently chaired by the Niger Republic’s President.
President Buhari will also attend an extraordinary summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on the sidelines of the AU’s annual meetings.
The Nigerian leader will deliver remarks at these events as well as present his National Statement at the opening session of the Summit, which brings together leaders from the AU member countries as well as a number of non-AU countries and international institutions accredited to the AU in Addis Ababa.
President Buhari will be accompanied on the trip by some Ministers and other top government officials.
He will return to Abuja on Monday, February 20.
