President Bola Tinubu has touched down in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the 38th session of the assembly of African Union heads of state and government.
On February 5, the president left Abuja for France for a
“private visit”.
Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy to
the president on information and strategy, had detailed that the president
would subsequently visit Ethiopia after the France trip.
In a fresh statement, Onanuga said the president was
received at the Addis Ababa airport on Thursday night by Eshetu Legesse, the
Ethiopian deputy chief of protocol; Yusuf Tuggar, Nigeria’s minister of foreign
affairs; and Nasir Aminu, the charge d’affaires of the Nigerian embassy in
Ethiopia.
“Tuggar later briefed President Tinubu about the summit and
some diplomatic wins for the country, a session that stretched until about 2
a.m. on Friday,” the statement reads.
“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 Mr 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.
“Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed, Director-General of the
National Intelligence Agency, and Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, the Chief of
Naval Staff, also attended the briefing.”
The AU summit has as its theme: ‘Justice for Africans and
People of African Descent Through Reparations’. It will focus on reparatory
justice and racial healing.
Tinubu is billed to deliver a speech at the summit-level
meeting of the peace and security council.
Discussions at the security council meeting will revolve
around current security challenges on the continent, including the escalation
of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Nigerian president will also participate in health
financing, establishing an Africa credit rating agency, and climate change
meetings.
Tinubu will return to Abuja on Monday, February 17,
according to the statement from the presidency.
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