
President Bola Tinubu has called for West African nations to enhance industrialisation and develop a production-driven economy, emphasizing that the inauguration of the new Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) headquarters in Abuja should motivate a renewed commitment to regional integration, peace, and prosperity. He was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the commissioning ceremony.
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