President Bola Tinubu has departed Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, venue of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Africa Union.
According to Channels, the President and Chair of West Africa bloc, ECOWAS, departed the horn of Africa on Monday morning.
While in Ethiopia, the President actively participated in the 44th Ordinary Session of the Executive council, held bilateral meetings and attended other events on the sidelines on the AU summit.
The President, who arrived Ethiopia on Thursday night at past 10pm, was accompanied on the trip by some ministers and other top government officials.
It would be recalled that in a statement on Wednesday, Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president, said Tinubu will join other African leaders in high-level meetings on institutional reforms of the African Union; peace and security; specific thematic issues such as climate change, as well as modalities of participation and priorities of the continental body in the G20.
According to the statement, the theme of the year’s summit is ‘‘Educate an African fit for the 21st Century: Building resilient education systems for increased access to inclusive, lifelong, quality, and relevant learning in Africa.’’