President Tinubu arrives in Ethiopia ahead of AU summit

President Bola Tinubu has reportedly arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government.

Tinubu landed on Thursday night and was received by the Ethiopian deputy chief of protocol, Eshetu Legesse, the Nigerian minister of foreign affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, and the charge d’affaires of the Nigerian embassy in Ethiopia, Ambassador Nasir Aminu.

The president was briefed on the summit by Ambassador Tuggar in a session that ended at about 2 am on Friday.

Also present at the briefing were 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.

The AU summit is themed, “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations,” and is focused on reparatory justice and racial healing.

Tinubu will deliver a speech and current security challenges on the continent, including the escalation of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be among the discussions.

President Tinubu will return to Abuja on Monday, February 17.