President Muhammadu Buhari and other African leaders are currently headlining the groundbreaking ceremony of the new ECOWAS Headquarters building at Lugbe, Abuja.
The ceremony kicked off on Sunday and Buhari will after the event return to the State House Conference Centre for The 62nd Ordinary Summit of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government.
African leaders who are in the country for the ceremony include Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo; Liberian President George Opong Wey and Senegalese President Macky Sall.
Also present are Presidents of Togo, Faure Gnassingbe; Benin Republic, Patrice Talon; Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio and Cote d Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara amongst other presidents of ECOWAS states.
Per a Daily Post report, the route leading to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport in Abuja and a few other busy roads are wearing a facelift as billboards with photographs of the visiting ECOWAS Heads of State and Government have been displayed in the area.