President Bola Tinubu will, on Saturday, May 31, inaugurate the Section I part of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as part of his working visit to Lagos, the Presidency disclosed on Monday.
The highway, one of his administration’s signature infrastructure projects, will be launched with other major projects such as the Lekki Deep Sea Port Tax Credit Concrete Road, Section II of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, and the 7th Axial Road.
According to Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Tinubu will also perform virtual inaugurations of several road projects in northern Nigeria, including the Kano-Kanwar-Danja-Hadejiya Section II Road, Yakasai-Zalli Road, and the Kano Northern Bypass. Other sections include Zaria-Hunkuyi-Dabai I, Dabai-Kafur-Malumfashi, and Malumfashi-Dayi-Yashe-Gidan Mutum Daya III.
Tinubu will be in Lagos from Tuesday to also participate in activities marking the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States, which he currently chairs.
The ECOWAS golden jubilee, which began in Accra in April 2025, will continue in Lagos with commemorative events, including a reenactment of the 1975 declaration at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs on Victoria Island.
President Tinubu will deliver a keynote address at Eko Hotels & Suites, showcasing the bloc’s achievements.
He will be joined by Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), the sole surviving Head of State who signed the 1975 statement, who is anticipated to make a commemoration speech.
Dr Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, will give the welcome address. Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, former Minister of External Affairs, will lead a review of ECOWAS’s 50-year journey, with further analyses by expert panellists at the NIIA.
Tinubu will observe Eid-el-Kabir prayers at State House, Dodan Barracks, before returning to Abuja.
